Perspectives on Personality: The Relative Accuracy of Self Versus Others for the Prediction of Emotion and Behavior

Journal of Personality

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 837-867

  Spain, Jana S ^a   Eaton, Leslie G ^b   Funder, David C ^b  

^a HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT;

AFFECT; BEHAVIOR; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0034302356     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00118     Document Type: Review

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