Cultural similarities and differences in perceived affordances of situations for Big Five behaviors

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-90

  Church, A Timothy ^a   Katigbak, Marcia S ^a   del Prado, Alicia M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordances; Big Five; Culture; Philippines; Situations; Traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949264169     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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