Personality and language use in self-narratives

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 524-527

  Hirsh, Jacob B ^a   Peterson, Jordan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Big Five; Language; LIWC; Personality; Self narratives; Word use

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949188570     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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