Hierarchical linear modeling analyses of the NEO-PI-R scales in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 493-506

  Terracciano, Antonio ^a,b   McCrae, Robert R ^a   Brant, Larry J ^a   Costa Jr , Paul T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Five factor model; HLM; Longitudinal study; Personality change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSCIENCE; EXPERIENCE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BALTIMORE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 27644522845     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.20.3.493     Document Type: Article

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