Curiosity about people: The development of a social curiosity measure in adults

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-316

  Renner, Britta ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CURIOSITY; SOCIAL CURIOSITY SCALE ITEM-10; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIALIZATION; THINKING;

EID: 33845664016     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8703_11     Document Type: Article

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