The rank-order consistency of personality traits from childhood to old age: A quantitative review of longitudinal studies

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-25

  Roberts, Brent W ^a   DelVecchio, Wendy F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPERAMENT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPERAMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033631946     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.126.1.3     Document Type: Article

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