Cross-sectional age differences in personality: Evidence from nationally representative samples from Switzerland and the United States

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-120

  Anusic, Ivana ^a   Lucas, Richard E ^a   Brent Donnellan, M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Cross sectional; Personality; Representative samples

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857138137     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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