On the Nature of Self-Monitoring: Construct Explication with Q-Sort Ratings

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 763-776

  John, Oliver P ^a   Cheek, Jonathan M ^b   Klohnen, Eva C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; Q-SORT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030267632     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.4.763     Document Type: Article

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