How extraverted is honey.bunny77@hotmail.de? Inferring personality from e-mail addresses

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1116-1122

  Back, Mitja D ^a   Schmukle, Stefan C ^a   Egloff, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Computer mediated communication; e mail; Impression formation; Lens model; Personality judgment; Stereotypes; Zero acquaintance

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149086118     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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