Midlife concerns and short-term personality change in middle adulthood

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 497-513

  Van Aken, Marcel A G ^a   Denissen, Jaap J A ^a   Branje, Susan J T ^a   Dubas, Judith Semon ^a   Goossens, Luc ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Middle adulthood; Midlife concerns; Personality change; Social investment theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750563000     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.603     Document Type: Article

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