Channeling identity: A study of storytelling in conversations between introverted and extraverted friends

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1008-1031

  Thorne, Avril ^a   Korobov, Neill ^a   Morgan, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversation; Discourse; Extraversion; Friendship; Identity; Introversion; Narrative; Stories; Traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548837218     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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