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Experimental Aging Research
An International Journal Devoted to the Scientific Study of the Aging Process
Volume 37, 2011 - Issue 2
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Comparing the Psychometric Properties of Two Measures of Wisdom: Predicting Forgiveness and Psychological Well-Being with the Self-Assessed Wisdom Scale (SAWS) and the Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale (3D-WS)

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Pages 129-141 | Received 10 Feb 2009, Accepted 22 Jul 2009, Published online: 18 Mar 2011

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