Questionnaire response latencies: Implications for personality assessment and self-schema theory

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-117

  Neubauer, Aljoscha C ^a   Malle, Bertram F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Personality moderatoring variables; Reliability; Response latencies; Self concept; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031491290     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.13.2.109     Document Type: Article

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