Secular trends and personality: Perspectives from longitudinal and cross-cultural studies-commentary on trzesniewski & donnellan (2010)

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-96

  Terracciano, Antonio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort effect; culture; Neuroticism; personality; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349284735     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691609357017     Document Type: Article

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