Variable-centred and person centred approaches to childhood personality

Advances in Personality Psychology: Volume 1

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 37-76

  Mervielde, Ivan ^a   Asendorpf, Jens B ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315812175     Document Type: Chapter

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