Consistency in the time of experiment participation and personality correlates: A methodological note

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 547-558

  Zelenski, John M ^a   Rusting, Cheryl L ^b   Larsen, Randy J ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistency; Experimental design; Personality; Student participants; Subject pool; Time of day; Time of participation; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037354375     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(01)00218-5     Document Type: Article

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