Age and motives for volunteering: testing hypotheses derived from socioemotional selectivity theory.

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Psychology and Aging

• Publication date

  2003-06-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/0882-7974.18.2.231PMID 12825773
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