When Is an Inconsistency Not an Inconsistency? Trait Reconciliation in Personality Description and Impression Formation

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 102-117

  Hampson, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032326353     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.1.102     Document Type: Article

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