Personality and Relationship Quality During the Transition From High School to Early Adulthood

Journal of Personality

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1061-1089

  Parker, Philip D ^a   Lüdtke, Oliver ^b   Trautwein, Ulrich ^a   Roberts, Brent W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863781214     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00766.x     Document Type: Article

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