Ambitions Fulfilled? The Effects of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Goal Attainment on Older Adults' Ego-Integrity and Death Attitudes

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  The International Journal of Aging & Human Development

• Publication date

  2009-01-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.2190/AG.68.1.bPMID 19348103
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