Contrast effects in Buss and Plomin's EAS questionnaire: A behavioral-genetic study on early developing personality traits assessed through parental ratings

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 947-963

  Spinath, F M ^a   Angleitner, A ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Childtemperament; Contrast effects; EAS; Parental ratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001123236     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00097-X     Document Type: Article

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