Individual differences in personality change across the adult life span

Journal of Personality

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 450-464

  Schwaba, Ted ^a   Bleidorn, Wiebke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five personality; life span development; personality development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021780606     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12327     Document Type: Article

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