Collaborative narration of the past and extraversion

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1219-1231

  McLean, Kate C ^a   Pasupathi, Monisha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative narration; Extraversion; Narrative; Personality development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750810353     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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