Accuracy of United States regional personality stereotypes

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 704-713

  Rogers, Katherine H ^a   Wood, Dustin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geography; Personality; Personality traits; Social perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449308992     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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