The structure of retrospective accounts of family environments: Related to the structure of personality attributes

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 295-308

  Saucier, Gerard ^a   Wilson, Kelly R ^b   Warka, Jette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY ENVIRONMENT SCALE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE;

EID: 34250358268     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890701317012     Document Type: Article

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