The Big Five personality traits of professional comedians compared to amateur comedians, comedy writers, and college students

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 79-83

  Greengross, Gil ^a   Miller, Geoffrey F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Humor; Performing arts; Personality; Stand up comedy

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349178619     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.01.045     Document Type: Article

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