Self-Report Imagery Questionnaire Scores and Subtypes of Social-Desirable Responding: Auditory Imagery, Visual Imagery, and Thinking Style

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 181-188

  Allbutt, John ^a   Ling, Jonathan ^b   Heffernan, Thomas M ^c   Shafiullah, Mohammed ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

imagery; questionnaires; social desirable responding

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349168049     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001.29.4.181     Document Type: Article

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