Personality development across the life course: The argument for change and continuity

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 49-66

  Caspi, Avshalom ^b   Roberts, Brent W ^a  

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

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1207/S15327965PLI1202_01     Document Type: Article

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