Ethnicity, education, and the temporal stability of personality traits in the East Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area study

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 577-598

  Löckenhoff, Corinna E ^a   Terracciano, Antonio ^a   Bienvenu, O Joseph ^b   Patriciu, Nicholas S ^a   Nestadt, Gerald ^b   McCrae, Robert R ^a   Eaton, William W ^c   Costa Jr , Paul T ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Demographics; Education; Epidemiologic Catchment Area; Ethnicity; Five Factor Model; Personality; Temporal stability indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249113364     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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