Stability and change in adult personality over 6 years: Findings from the Victoria Longitudinal Study

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Small, Brent J ^a   Hertzog, Christopher ^b   Hultsch, David F ^c   Dixon, Roger A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038670644     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/58.3.P166     Document Type: Article

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