Using the PRISM to compare the explanatory value of general and role-contextualized trait ratings

Journal of Personality

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1103-1126

  Wood, Dustin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 36048982122     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2007.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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