Competitiveness across the life span: The feisty fifties.
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Competitiveness across the life span: the feisty fifties.
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychology and Aging
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1939-1498,0882-7974
DOI: 10.1037/a0025655