Birth cohort changes in extraversion: A cross-temporal meta-analysis, 1966-1993

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 735-748

  Twenge, Jean M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Culture; Environmental influences; Extraversion; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002472871     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00066-0     Document Type: Article

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