Longitudinal associations between personality traits and problem behavior symptoms in adolescence

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-284

  Klimstra, Theo A ^a   Akse, Joyce ^a   Hale, William W ^a   Raaijmakers, Quinten A W ^a   Meeus, Wim H J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Externalizing problem behavior; Five factor model; Internalizing problem behavior; Longitudinal; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950035936     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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