Big Five traits interact to predict perceived social support

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 736-741

  Swickert, Rhonda J ^a   Hittner, James B ^a   Foster, Aasha ^a  

^a School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five; Extraversion; Interaction; Neuroticism; Openness; Perceived social support; Perceived support

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349114645     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.01.018     Document Type: Article

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