Self-development at midlife: Lifespan perspectives on adjustment and growth

Middle Adulthood: A Lifespan Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 277-318

  Dörner, Jessica ^b   Mickler, Charlotte ^b   Staudinger, Ursula M ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

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