Differential stability and individual growth trajectories of big five and affective traits during young adulthood

Journal of Personality

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-304

  Vaidya, Jatin G ^a,e   Gray, Elizabeth K ^b   Haig, Jeffrey R ^c   Mroczek, Daniel K ^d   Watson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGING; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 41449100814     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2007.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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