Global self-esteem across the life span: A cross-sectional comparison between representative and self-selected internet samples

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-44

  Pullmann, Helle ^a   Allik, Jüri ^b   Realo, Anu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELECTION BIAS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 60749116349     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730802544708     Document Type: Article

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