Stability and change in adolescents' personality: A longitudinal study

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 447-459

  Pullmann, Helle ^a,b   Raudsepp, Liisa ^a,b   Allik, Juri ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Longitudinal; NEO Five Factorial Inventory (NEO FFI); Personality traits; Temporal stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750543774     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.611     Document Type: Article

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