Trait diagnosticity versus behavioral consistency as determinants of impression change in adulthood

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-89

  Hess, Thomas M ^a   Bolstad, Cheryl A ^b   Woodburn, Stephen M ^b   Auman, Corinne ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; PERFORMANCE; RECALL; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0032905216     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.14.1.77     Document Type: Article

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