The Behavioural Genetics of Personality Development in Adulthood-Classic, Contemporary, and Future Trends

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 244-255

  Bleidorn, Wiebke ^a   Kandler, Christian ^b   Caspi, Avshalom ^c,d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Behavioural genetics; Gene environment interplay; Personality development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904611764     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.1957     Document Type: Article

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