Relation between negative affectivity and positive affectivity: Effects of judged desirability of scale items and respondents' social desirability

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 183-198

  Chen, Peter Y ^a   Dai, Tina ^b   Spector, Paul E ^b   Jex, Steve M ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 0030870055     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6901_10     Document Type: Review

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