Experiencing age-related change in adulthood: An exploratory study based on the concept of "Awareness of Age-Related Change" (AARC);Zum Erleben von altersbezogenen Veränderungen im Erwachsenenalter. Eine explorative Studie auf der Grundlage des Konzepts "Awareness of Age-Related Change" (AARC)

Zeitschrift fur Entwicklungspsychologie und Padagogische Psychologie

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 66-76

  Wahl, Hans Werner ^a   Konieczny, Christoph ^a   Diehl, Manfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness of age related change; Personality; Subjective age; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876539713     PISSN: 00498637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0049-8637/a000081     Document Type: Article

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