Social, Historical, and Developmental Influences on the Psychology of the Baby Boom at Midlife

The Baby Boomers Grow Up: Contemporary Perspectives on Midlife

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 23-43

  Stewart, Abigail J ^a   Torges, Cynthia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315820958-8     Document Type: Chapter

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