Personal meaning orientations and psychosocial adaptation in older adults

SAGE Open

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Reker, Gary T ^a   Woo, Louis C ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Older adults; Personal meaning orientation; Psychosocial adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861659369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244011405217     Document Type: Article

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