Personality Trait Change Across Late Childhood to Young Adulthood: Evidence for Nonlinearity and Sex Differences in Change

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 31-44

  Durbin, C Emily ^a   Hicks, Brian M ^b   Blonigen, Daniel M ^c   Johnson, Wendy ^d   Iacono, William G ^e   Mcgue, Matt ^e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development of personality; Personality scales and inventories; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956922242     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.2013     Document Type: Article

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