Predicting creativity from early to late adulthood: Intellect, potential, and personality

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 62-88

  Feist, Gregory J ^a   Barron, Frank X ^b  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0038396012     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-6566(02)00536-6     Document Type: Review

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