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Studying lives through time: Personality and development.The structure of personality traits: Vertical and horizontal aspects.

Studying lives through time: Personality and development.: The structure of personality traits:... Contrasts hierarchical and vertical representations of the language of traits that is at the heart of much of the study of personality development. The author concludes that although both structural representations have their merits, a horizontal approach--which considers the relative similarities of traits at the same level of generality--is superior for providing a theoretical explanation of the meaning of traits. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Studying lives through time: Personality and development.The structure of personality traits: Vertical and horizontal aspects.

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Studying lives through time: Personality and development.The structure of personality traits: Vertical and horizontal aspects.

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Contrasts hierarchical and vertical representations of the language of traits that is at the heart of much of the study of personality development. The author concludes that although both structural representations have their merits, a horizontal approach--which considers the relative similarities of traits at the same level of generality--is superior for providing a theoretical explanation of the meaning of traits. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
 
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Publisher
American Psychological Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1993 American Psychological Association
Pages
169–188
DOI
10.1037/10127-024
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Abstract

Contrasts hierarchical and vertical representations of the language of traits that is at the heart of much of the study of personality development. The author concludes that although both structural representations have their merits, a horizontal approach--which considers the relative similarities of traits at the same level of generality--is superior for providing a theoretical explanation of the meaning of traits. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Aug 31, 2004

Keywords: hierarchical representations; vertical representations; horizontal representations; personality development; personality trait models; trait meanings

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