Personality traits of centenarians' offspring

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 683-685

  Givens, Jane L ^b   Frederick, Maureen ^b   Silverman, Leanne ^c   Anderson, Stacy ^b   Senville, Joanna ^b   Silver, Margery ^d   Sebastiani, Paola ^e   Terry, Dellara F ^b   Costa, Paul T ^c   Perls, Thomas T ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Centenarian; Extraversion; Longevity; Neuroticism; Personality

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONSCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63849306337     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02189.x     Document Type: Article

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