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Editorial

Personality assessment among older adults: the value of personality questionnaires unraveled

Gina RossiDepartment of Clinical and Life Span Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussel, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Joke Van den BroeckDepartment of Clinical and Life Span Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussel, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Eva DierckxDepartment of Clinical and Life Span Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussel, Belgium;Alexian Brothers Hospital, Tienen, Belgium.Correspondence[email protected]
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Daniel L. SegalPsychology DepartmentUniversity of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS), Colorado Springs, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Sebastiaan P.J. van AlphenDepartment of Clinical and Life Span Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussel, Belgium;Mondriaan Hospital, Heerlen-Maastricht, The Netherlands.Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 936-940 | Published online: 24 Jun 2014

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