Personality development from late adolescence to young adulthood: Differential stability, normative maturity, and evidence for the maturity-stability hypothesis

Journal of Personality

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-264

  Donnellan, M Brent ^a   Conger, Rand D ^b   Burzette, Rebecca G ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847705001     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2007.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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