The personal acquaintance measure: A tool for appraising one's acquaintance with any person

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 833-847

  Starzyk, Katherine B ^a   Holden, Ronald R ^b   Fabrigar, Leandre R ^b   MacDonald, Tara K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acquaintance; Person perception; Personal Acquaintance Measure; Personality; Quality; Quantity; Self other agreement; Test reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF DISCLOSURE; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745216685     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.90.5.833     Document Type: Article

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