Personality dynamics, meaning, and idiosyncrasy: Identifying cross-situational coherence by assessing personality architecture

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 228-240

  Orom, Heather ^a   Cervone, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Personality; Personality architecture; Personality coherence

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049102367     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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