Acquaintanceship length as a moderator of self-informant agreement in life-satisfaction ratings

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 146-150

  Schneider, Leann ^a   Schimmack, Ulrich ^a   Petrican, Raluca ^a   Walker, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Acquaintanceship; Judgment; Life satisfaction; Self informant agreement; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949261438     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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