Personality and birth order in large families

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-128

  Dixon, Melissa M ^a   Reyes, Carla J ^a   Leppert, Mark F ^b   Pappas, Lisa M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth order; Extraversion; Large families; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248830816     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.07.015     Document Type: Article

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