Life scripts across age groups: A comparison of adolescents, young adults, and older adults

Memory

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 836-847

  Tekcan, Ali I ^a   Kaya Kizilöz, Burcu ^a   Odaman, Handan ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Life script; Reminiscence bump

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870980739     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2012.710431     Document Type: Article

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