Who Belongs to Me? Social Relationship and Personality Characteristics in the Transition to Young Adulthood

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 586-603

  Wagner, Jenny ^a,b   Lüdtke, Oliver ^a   Roberts, Brent W ^c   Trautwein, Ulrich ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Between person and within person effects; Big Five personality; Emerging adulthood; Longitudinal multilevel analyses; Social network development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913588478     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.1974     Document Type: Article

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