Personality as Manifest in Word Use: Correlations With Self-Report, Acquaintance Report, and Behavior

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 334-346

  Fast, Lisa A ^a   Funder, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

language; personality; verbal behavior; word use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 39049154385     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.94.2.334     Document Type: Article

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