Personal effort in social relationships across adulthood

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 529-539

  Lang, Frieder R ^a   Wagner, Jenny ^b   Wrzus, Cornelia ^c   Neyer, Franz J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blended family; Emotional closeness; Perceived personal effort; Reciprocity; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EMOTIONS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84881244482     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032221     Document Type: Article

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