Personality development in adulthood: The broad picture and processes in one longitudinal sample

Advances in Personality Psychology: Volume 1

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 77-106

  Helson, Ravenna ^a   Kwan, Virginia S Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315812175     Document Type: Chapter

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