Personality plasticity, healthy aging, and interventions

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1470-1474

  Mroczek, Daniel K ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Lifespan development; Personality; Personality interventions; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

AGING; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGING; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HEALTH; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY;

EID: 84922320903     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036028     Document Type: Article

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