Carving personality description at its joints: Confirmation of three replicable personality prototypes for both children and adults

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 169-198

  Asendorpf, Jens B ^a   Borkenau, Peter ^b   Ostendorf, Fritz ^c   Van Aken, Marcel A G ^d  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0035533461     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.408     Document Type: Article

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