Personality and social change: Individual differences, life path, and importance attributed to the women's movement

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1545-1555

  Agronick, Gail S ^a   Duncan, Lauren E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PERSONALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0032088188     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.6.1545     Document Type: Article

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