Personality trait change in adulthood

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-35

  Roberts, Brent W ^a   Mroczek, Daniel ^b  

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

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual differences in change; Mean level change; Personality development; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849187831     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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