Within-trait heterogeneity in age group differences in personality domains and facets: Implications for the development and coherence of personality traits

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Mõttus, René ^a,b   Realo, Anu ^b   Allik, Jüri ^b,c   Esko, Tõnu ^b,d,e,f   Metspalu, Andres ^b,c   Johnson, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALTRUISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; ESTONIAN (PEOPLE); EXCITEMENT; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TRUST; ADOLESCENT; AGING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928910957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119667     Document Type: Article

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