Do older individuals adapt to their traits?: Personality-emotion relations among younger and older adults

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1020-1030

  Ready, Rebecca E ^a   Robinson, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Age; Emotion; Personality; Self regulation; Traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149127441     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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