Gender and aging: Spatial self-efficacy and location recall

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-80

  West, Robin Lea ^a   Welch, Duana C ^a   Knabb, P Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 85047688187     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324834BASP2401_7     Document Type: Article

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