The socioemotional basis of resilience in later life

New Frontiers in Resilient Aging: Life-Strengths and Well-Being in Late Life

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 239-257

  Ong, Anthony D ^a   Bergeman, C S ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 84870885601     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511763151.011     Document Type: Chapter

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