Antecedents of children's adult outcomes in the Texas adoption project

Journal of Personality

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-22

  Loehlin, John C ^b   Horn, Joseph M ^b   Ernst, Jody L ^a,b  

^a Colorado League of Charter Schools ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOPTION; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MMPI; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149136860     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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