Self- and Peer-Reported Personality: Agreement, Trait Ratability, and the "Self-Based Heuristic"

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 208-224

  Ready, Rebecca E ^a   Clark, Lee Anna ^a   Watson, David ^a   Westerhouse, Kelley ^a  

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Author keywords

Key Words: personality traits; judgment; self report; peer report

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002875631     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jrpe.1999.2280     Document Type: Article

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