Agreeableness is related to social-cognitive, but not social-perceptual, theory of mind

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-335

  Nettle, Daniel ^a   Liddle, Bethany ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Empathising; Empathy; Five factor model; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 51349157520     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.672     Document Type: Article

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