Birth order differences in normal personality traits: Perspectives from within and outside the family

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 910-914

  Marini, Victoria A ^a   Kurtz, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth order; Five factor model; Informant assessment; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053276725     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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