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Experimental Aging Research
An International Journal Devoted to the Scientific Study of the Aging Process
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Continuity and Change in Values in Midlife: Testing the Age Stability Hypothesis

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Pages 224-244 | Received 19 May 2012, Accepted 04 Mar 2013, Published online: 13 Mar 2014

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