Relationships matter in personality development: Evidence from an 8-year longitudinal study across Young adulthood

Journal of Personality

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 535-568

  Neyer, Franz J ^a,b   Lehnart, Judith ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VECHTA   (Germany)

Author keywords

longitudinal study; normative transitions; personality development; social relationships; young adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; AGING; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 34247882701     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2007.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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