Accuracy of only children stereotype

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1047-1052

  Mõttus, René ^a   Indus, Kristjan ^a   Allik, Jüri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Only children; Personality; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149118213     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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