Causal Attributions from Adolescence through Adulthood: Age Differences, Ego Level, and Generalized Response Style

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 67-86

  Blanchard Fields, Fredda ^a   Norris, Lisa ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84972899482     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09289919408251451     Document Type: Article

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