Developmental regulation across the life span: Toward a new synthesis

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 964-972

  Haase, Claudia M ^a   Heckhausen, Jutta ^b   Wrosch, Carsten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental regulation; Goals; Life span development; Successful development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CONTROL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877101464     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029231     Document Type: Article

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