Independent effects of personality and sex on selfestimated intelligence: Evidence from Austria

Psychological Reports

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 553-563

  Stieger, Stefan ^a   Kastner, Cornelia K ^a   Voracek, Martin ^a   Von Stumm, Sophie ^b   Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^b   Furnham, Adrian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHARACTER; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APTITUDE; AUSTRIA; CHARACTER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649463577     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/04.07.09.PR0.107.5.553-563     Document Type: Article

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