The role of age and social motivation in developmental transitions in young and old adulthood

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2012, Pages

  Nikitin, Jana ^a   Burgermeister, Lea C ^a   Freund, Alexandra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adult development; Developmental transitions; Diary studies; Social motivation; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867066936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00366     Document Type: Article

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