Nature over nurture: Temperament, personality, and life span development

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 173-186

  McCrae, Robert R ^e   Costa Jr , Paul T ^f   Hřebíčkovǎ, Martina ^b   Ostendorf, Fritz ^a   Angleitner, Alois ^a   Avia, Maria D ^c   Sanz, Jesús ^c   Sánchez Bernardos, Maria L ^c   Kusdil, M Ersin ^d   Woodfield, Ruth ^d   Saunders, Peter R ^d   Smith, Peter B ^d  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; CZECH REPUBLIC; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SPAIN; TEMPERAMENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPAIN; TEMPERAMENT; TURKEY;

EID: 0033630532     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.78.1.173     Document Type: Article

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