Modeling intraindividual change in personality traits: Findings from the normative aging study

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Mroczek, Daniel K ^a   Spiro III, Avron ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESPAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEMORY DISORDER; MODEL; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WIDOW;

EID: 0037693857     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/58.3.P153     Document Type: Article

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