Generativity and aging: A promising future research topic?

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 262-272

  Schoklitsch, Angela ^a   Baumann, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Generativity; Older adults; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860885366     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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