The association of childhood personality type with volunteering during adolescence

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-162

  Atkins, Robert ^a,b   Hart, Daniel ^a,c   Donnelly, Thomas M ^a,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biobehavioral science   (United States)

^c Department of Psychology ^*

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EID: 24144456013     PISSN: 0272930X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mpq.2005.0008     Document Type: Article

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