Personality as a source of individual differences in cognition among older African Americans

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 465-471

  Aiken Morgan, Adrienne T ^a   Bichsel, Jacqueline ^b   Allaire, Jason C ^c   Savla, Jyoti ^d   Edwards, Christopher L ^e   Whitfield, Keith E ^f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African americans; Aging; Cognition; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865775026     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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