On the Cross-Cultural Replicability of the Resilient, Undercontrolled, and Overcontrolled Personality Types

Journal of Personality

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 340-353

  Alessandri, Guido ^a   Vecchione, Michele ^a   Donnellan, Brent M ^b   Eisenberg, Nancy ^c   Caprara, Gian Vittorio ^a   Cieciuch, Jan ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POLAND; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; POLAND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903882542     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12065     Document Type: Article

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