The Material Convoy After Age 50

David J. Ekerdt and Lindsey A. Baker

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2014, vol. 69, issue 3, 442-450

Abstract: Objectives. Possessions constitute a dynamic "material convoy" that accumulates across adulthood to furnish role enactments and the development of the self. Following a familiar life course arc, older people should hypothetically release the possessions that equipped the daily lives that they no longer have.

Date: 2014
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