Stability and change of personality across the life course: the impact of age and major life events on mean-level and rank-order stability of the Big Five.

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

• Publication date

  2011-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/a0024950PMID 21859226
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