Do we become a different person when hitting the road? Personality development of sojourners

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 515-530

  Zimmermann, Julia ^a   Neyer, Franz J ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

International mobility; Personality development; Social relationships; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAVEL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAVEL;

EID: 84882674957     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033019     Document Type: Article

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