Variance determines self-observer agreement on the Big Five personality traits

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 421-426

  Allik, Jüri ^a   Realo, Anu ^a   Mõttus, René ^a   Esko, Tõnu ^a   Pullat, Janne ^a   Metspalu, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Assumed similarity; NEO PI R; Personality ratings; Restriction for range; Self observer agreement; Visibility of traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955176484     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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