Mapping the Domain of Expressivity: Multimethod Evidence for a Hierarchical Model

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 170-191

  Gross, James J ^b   John, Oliver P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; EGO; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST;

ADULT; AFFECT; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 0031602293     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.1.170     Document Type: Article

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