A proposed theory of the adult development of intraindividual variability in trait-manifesting behavior

Handbook of Personality Development

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 41-59

  Fleeson, William ^a   Jolley, Stephanie ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315805610-10     Document Type: Chapter

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