Secular changes in personality: Study on 75-year-olds examined in 1976-1977 and 2005-2006

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 298-304

  Billstedt, E ^a   Waern, M ^a   Duberstein, P ^b   Marlow, T ^a   Hellstrom T ^a   Ostling S ^a   Skoog, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; Eysenck Personality Inventory; older; personality; secular change

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXTRAVERSION; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEUROSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC PROCEDURES; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84873569909     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.3825     Document Type: Article

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