Personality variables predict strength-related attitude dimensions across objects

Journal of Personality

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 859-882

  Britt, Thomas W ^a   Millard, Matthew R ^a   Sundareswaran, Preetha T ^a   Moore, Dewayne ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 65349167267     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2009.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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