Personality assessment in the Great Apes: Comparing ecologically valid behavior measures, behavior ratings, and adjective ratings

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 821-838

  Uher, Jana ^a,b   Asendorpf, Jens B ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior prediction; Bonobo; Bottom up approach; Chimpanzee; Construct validation; Gorilla; Orangutan; Personality; Rating; Traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149119603     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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