Factorial structure and age-related psychometrics of the MIDUS personality adjective items across the life span

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 173-186

  Zimprich, Daniel ^a   Allemand, Mathias ^b   Lachman, Margie E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Five factor structure; Measurement invariance; Personality traits; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; UNITED STATES; AGING; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863105729     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025265     Document Type: Article

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