Venturing a 30-year longitudinal study

American Psychologist

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 315-327

  Block, Jack ^a   Block, Jeanne H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ego control; Ego resiliency; Longitudinal; Multimeasure; Multiperiod

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EGO; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY;

EGO; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33744530126     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.61.4.315     Document Type: Article

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