Patterns of mean-level change in personality traits across the life course: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-25

  Roberts, Brent W ^a   Walton, Kate E ^a   Viechtbauer, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mean level change; Meta analysis; Personality change; Personality development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; META ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PERSONALITY;

EID: 31644434552     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.132.1.1     Document Type: Article

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