Measurement invariance of big-five factors over the life span: ESEM tests of gender, age, plasticity, maturity, and la dolce vita effects

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1194-1218

  Marsh, Herbert W ^a   Nagengast, Benjamin ^a,b   Morin, Alexandre J S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Big Five personality factors; British Household Panel Study; Exploratory structural equation modeling; La dolce vita effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874387773     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026913     Document Type: Article

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