The child is father of the man: Personality continuities from childhood to adulthood

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 158-172

  Caspi, Avshalom ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOPATHY; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARENTING; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0033628761     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.78.1.158     Document Type: Article

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