The emergence of sex differences in personality traits in early adolescence: A cross-sectional, cross-cultural study

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 171-185

  De Bolle, Marleen ^a   De Fruyt, Filip ^a   McCrae, Robert R ^b   Löckenhoff, Corinna E ^c   Costa, Paul T ^d   Aguilar Vafaie, Maria E ^e   Ahn, Chang Kyu ^f   Ahn, Hyun Nie ^g   Alcalay, Lidia ^h   Simonetti, Franco ^h   Allik, Jüri ^i,am   Avdeyeva, Tatyana V ^j   Bratko, Denis ^k   Brunner Sciarra, Marina ^l   Cain, Thomas R ^m   Chan, Wayne ⁿ   Chittcharat, Niyada ^o   Vanno, Vitanya ^o   Crawford, Jarret T ^p   Fehr, Ryan ^q   Ficková, Emília ^r   Gelfand, Michele J ^s   Graf, Sylvie ^t   Hřebíčková, Martina ^t   Gülgöz, Sami ^u   Jussim, Lee ^n,v   Klinkosz, Waldemar ^w   Sekowski, Andrzej ^w   Knežević, Goran ^x   Purić, Danka ^x   De Figueroa, Nora Leibovich ^y   Schmidt, Vanina ^y   Lima, Margarida P ^z   Martin, Thomas A ^aa   Marušić, Iris ^ab   Mastor, Khairul Anwar ^ac   Nakazato, Katsuharu ^ad   Nansubuga, Florence ^ae   Porrata, Jose ^b   Realo, Anu ⁱ   Reátegui, Norma ^l   Rolland, Jean Pierre ^af   Shakespeare Finch, Jane ^ag   Shimonaka, Yoshiko ^ah   Siuta, Jerzy ^ai   Szmigielska, Barbara ^ai   Wang, Lei ^aj   Yik, Michelle ^ak   Terracciano, Antonio ^al   more..

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Department of Human Development Cornell University ^*  (Puerto Rico)

^c Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Duke University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^f Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^g Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^h PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^l UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^m HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁿ RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^p The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^r INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^t INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^u KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^v STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^x UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^y UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^z UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^aa SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ab Institute for Social Research Zagreb   (Croatia)

^ac UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^ad Tokyo University and Graduate School of Social Welfare   (Japan)

^ae MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^af UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^ag QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^ah BUNKYO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ai JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^aj PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ak HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^al FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^am ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

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Author keywords

Adolescence; Cross cultural; Personality; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925408202     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038497     Document Type: Article

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