Physical activity and personality development across adulthood and old age: Evidence from two longitudinal studies

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Stephan, Yannick ^a   Sutin, Angelina R ^b   Terracciano, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Normative development; Personality change; Physical activity; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891893126     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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