Personality and Having Children: A Two-Way Relationship

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 218-230

  Jokela, Markus ^a,b   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b   Elovainio, Marko ^a,b,c   Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

evolutionary psychology; fertility; parenthood; personality change; temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENT; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODDS RATIO; PARENTING; PARENTS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58349093932     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014058     Document Type: Article

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