Maturity and change in personality: Developmental trends of temperament and character in adulthood

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 713-727

  Josefsson, Kim ^a,b   Jokela, Markus ^a   Cloninger, C Robert ^c   Hintsanen, Mirka ^a   Salo, Johanna ^a   Hintsa, Taina ^a   Pulkki Råback, Laura ^a,b   Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; AGING; CHARACTER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84880901253     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579413000126     Document Type: Article

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