Generativity, the big five, and psychosocial adaptation in midlife adults

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1185-1208

  Cox, Keith S ^a   Wilt, Joshua ^a   Olson, Brad ^a   McAdams, Dan P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TRUST;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALTRUISM; CHARACTER; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES; TRUST;

EID: 77954474117     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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