Self-monitoring and personality: A behavioural-genetic study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-29

  Wolf, H ^a   Spinath, F M ^a   Riemann, R ^b   Angleitner, A ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour genetics; Heritability; NEO PI R; Personality; Self monitoring; Self presentation; Twin study

Indexed keywords

EID: 63649110321     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.01.040     Document Type: Article

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