Intra-individual change in personality stability and age

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-37

  Terracciano, Antonio ^a   McCrae, Robert R ^a   Costa, Paul T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Change; Cohort; GZTS; Intra individual; Longitudinal; NEO PI R; Personality; Profile; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949267646     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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