Psychological Well-Being in Adult Life

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 99-104

  Ryff, Carol D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84972689686     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.ep10772395     Document Type: Article

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23. R.M. Häuser, W.H. Sewell, J.A. Logan, T.S. Hauser, C.D. Ryff, A. Caspi, and M.M. MacDonald, The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study: Adults as parents and children at age 50, IASSIST Quarterly, 16, 23-38(1992);
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