Effects of self-enhancement on agreement on personality profiles

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-123

  Borkenau, Peter ^a   Zaltauskas, Katrin ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Personality profiles; Self enhancement; Self other agreement; Socially desirable responding

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949104615     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.707     Document Type: Article

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