Who are the people reluctant to participate in research? Personality correlates of four different types of noniesponse as inferred from self- And observer ratings

Journal of Personality

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 959-984

  Marcus, Bernd ^a   Schütz, Astrid ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; NARCISSISM; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NARCISSISM; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 21644444688     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2005.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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