Moving Personality Development Research Forward: Applications Using Structural Equation Models

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 300-310

  Jackson, Joshua J ^a   Allemand, Mathias ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Latent change model; Latent growth curve model; Longitudinal methods; Multilevel analysis; Person environment transactions; Personality change; Personality development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904691580     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.1964     Document Type: Article

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