Personality and self-esteem development across the life span

Advances in Cell Aging and Gerontology

Volumn 15, Issue , 2003, Pages 163-185

  Trzesniewski, Kali H ^a   Robins, Richard W ^a   Roberts, Brent W ^b   Caspi, Avshalom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36148966546     PISSN: 15663124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-3124(03)15006-7     Document Type: Review

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