Successful ageing and development: The contribution of generativity in older age

Ageing and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1087-1105

  Villar, Feliciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

development; generativity in older age; life span theories; successful ageing

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84865523895     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X11000973     Document Type: Article

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