Perceived Cognitive Efficiency and Subjective Well-Being in Late Adulthood: The Impact of Developmental Factors

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 173-180

  Fastame, Maria Chiara ^a   Penna, Maria Pietronilla ^a   Rossetti, Elena Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Development; Metacognition; Stereotypes; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905740050     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10804-014-9189-7     Document Type: Article

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