Linking personality states, current social roles and major life goals

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 509-530

  Bleidorn, Wiebke ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experience sampling; Five Factor Model of Personality; Goals; Multilevel analysis; Social roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349616097     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.731     Document Type: Article

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