Community-Dwelling Adults Versus Older Adults: Psychopathology and the Continuum Hypothesis

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 412-428

  Laganà, Luciana ^a   Tramutolo, Carmine ^b   Boncori, Lucia ^b   Cruciani, Anna Clara ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 84859592555     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2011.559853     Document Type: Article

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