Personality trait development during the transition to parenthood: A test of social investment theory

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 452-462

  Van Scheppingen, Manon A ^a   Jackson, Joshua J ^b   Specht, Jule ^c   Hutteman, Roos ^d   Denissen, Jaap J A ^a   Bleidorn, Wiebke ^a,e  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Big five; Life transitions; Personality development; Social investment; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007597321     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550616630032     Document Type: Article

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