The Association of Neighborhood Poverty With Personality Change in Childhood

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1048-1061

  Hart, Daniel ^a   Atkins, Robert ^b   Matsuba, M Kyle ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b New Jersey

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

child development; neighborhood; personality; personality change; poverty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; POVERTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 44449119432     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.94.6.1048     Document Type: Article

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