Age Differences in Five Personality Domains Across the Life Span

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 758-770

  Allemand, Mathias ^a   Zimprich, Daniel ^a   Hendriks, A A Jolijn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

age differences; life span development; measurement invariance; personality change; Personality domains

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHARACTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 43949131445     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.3.758     Document Type: Article

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