Does personality vary across ability levels? A study using self and other ratings

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 155-170

  Mõttus, René ^a,b   Allik, Jüri ^a,b   Pullmann, Helle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability and personality; Cross observer agreement; IPIP NEO; Personality differentiation; Personality structure; Readability; Readable personality inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846849151     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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