Addressing Stability and Change in the Six-Foci Model of Personality: Personality Development in Midlife and Beyond

Handbook of Research on Adult Learning and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 220-240

  Bolkan, Cory R ^a   Meierdiercks, Patricia ^b   Hooker, Karen ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203887882-11     Document Type: Chapter

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