The utility of a well-known personality typology in studying successful aging: Resilients, undercontrollers, and overcontrollers in old age

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 442-446

  Steca, Patrizia ^a   Alessandri, Guido ^b   Caprara, Gian Vittorio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Big Five; Personality typology; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149083426     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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