Cohort differences in big five personality factors over a period of 25 years

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1124-1138

  Smits, Iris A M ^a   Dolan, Conor V ^b   Vorst, Harrie C M ^b   Wicherts, Jelte M ^b   Timmerman, Marieke E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Big Five personality factors; Cohort; Measurement invariance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHARACTER; COHORT EFFECT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958758610     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022874     Document Type: Article

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