Trajectories of physical growth and personality dimensions of the five-factor model

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 154-169

  Lahti, Marius ^a   Räikkönen, Katri ^a   Lemola, Sakari ^b   Lahti, Jari ^a   Heinonen, Kati ^c   Kajantie, Eero ^c   Pesonen, Anu Katriina ^a   Osmond, Clive ^d,e   Barker, David J P ^d,e   Eriksson, Johan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big Five; Birth weight; Growth; Longitudinal study; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882279410     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032300     Document Type: Article

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