Understanding retirement: The promise of life-span developmental frameworks

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 227-231

  Löckenhoff, Corinna E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological systems theory; Life span theory of control; Retirement; Selective optimization with compensation; Socioemotional selectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867058554     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-012-0241-9     Document Type: Review

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