Narratives and traits in personality development among New Zealand Maori, Chinese, and European adolescents

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 727-737

  Reese, Elaine ^a   Chen, Yan ^a   McAnally, Helena M ^a   Myftari, Ella ^a   Neha, Tia ^a   Wang, Qi ^b   Jack, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Culture; Narrative identity; Personality; Traits

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CHILD; CHINESE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRAVERSION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARRATIVE IDENTITY; NEUROSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84902367358     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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