Subjective acceleration of time experience in everyday life across adulthood

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1824-1839

  John, Dennis ^a   Lang, Frieder R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Day reconstruction method; Everyday competence; Future time perspective; Positive aging; Time experience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANTICIPATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947492892     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000059     Document Type: Article

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