Childhood personality as a harbinger of competence and resilience in adulthood

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 507-528

  Shiner, Rebecca L ^a   Masten, Ann S ^b  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84859899913     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579412000120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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