The role of self-reports in culture and personality research: It is too early to give up on self-reports

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-109

  Oishi, Shigehiro ^a   Roth, Dana P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Life satisfaction; Method; Personality; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549107555     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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