Nature and Nurture in Personality Development: The Case of Neuroticism and Extraversion

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 290-296

  Kandler, Christian ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

environmental continuity; extraversion; genetic continuity; heritability; neuroticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867000888     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721412452557     Document Type: Article

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