Propositions for the study of moral personality development

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 380-383

  Hill, Patrick L ^a   Roberts, Brent W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

integrative personality frameworks; moral personality; neo socioanalytic model; personality development

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650363413     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721410389168     Document Type: Article

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