Perceived discrimination and personality development in adulthood

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 155-163

  Sutin, Angelina R ^a   Stephan, Yannick ^b   Terracciano, Antonio ^a  

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

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Five Factor Model; Longitudinal; Perceived discrimination; Personality development

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84952865032     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000069     Document Type: Article

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