Adult age differences in personality traits in the United States and the People's Republic of China

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages

  Yang, Jian ^a   McCrae, Robert R ^a   Costa Jr , Paul T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHINA; MATURATION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031785126     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/53B.6.P375     Document Type: Article

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