Predicting Unpredictability: Do Measures of Interpersonal Rigidity/Flexibility and Distress Predict Intraindividual Variability in Social Perceptions and Behavior?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 893-912

  Erickson, Thane M ^a   Newman, Michelle G ^b   Pincus, Aaron L ^b  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

complementarity; interpersonal problems; interpersonal rigidity; intraindividual variability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449473414     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016515     Document Type: Article

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