Development of Big Five Domains and Facets in Adulthood: Mean-Level Age Trends and Broadly Versus Narrowly Acting Mechanisms

Journal of Personality

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 881-914

  Soto, Christopher J ^a   John, Oliver P ^b  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863779149     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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