Stability in Extraversion and Aspects of Social Support at Midlife

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 233-241

  Von Dras, Dean D ^b   Siegler, Ilene C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGING; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030636973     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.1.233     Document Type: Article

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