Differentiation in personality descriptions of the self and others

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 663-681

  Mirels, H L ^a   Stevens, F ^b   Greblo, P ^c   Yurek, D L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Behavioral Health Indiana   (United States)

^c MCLAREN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Person perception; Personality descriptions; Social cognition; Trait ascriptition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032187292     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00084-1     Document Type: Article

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