Neuroticism, extraversion, goals, and subjective well-being: Exploring the relations in young, middle-aged, and older adults

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-325

  Gomez, Veronica ^a   Allemand, Mathias ^b   Grob, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age groups; Extraversion; Extrinsic goal importance; Intrinsic goal importance; Neuroticism; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860592873     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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