Research on the Internet: Validation of a World-Wide Web mediated personality scale

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 565-571

  Buchanan, Tom ^a,b   Smith, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELECTION BIAS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0033217597     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03200736     Document Type: Article

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