Stability and predictive ability of personality traits across 9 years

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 783-791

  Gustavsson, J P ^a   Weinryb, R M ^a   Goransson S ^a   Pedersen, N L ^a   Asberg M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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EID: 0031161355     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(96)00268-1     Document Type: Article

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