Personality neglect: The unforeseen impact of personal dispositions on emotional life

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1783-1786

  Quoidbach, Jordi ^a   Dunn, Elizabeth W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

affective forecasting; happiness; personality; self knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 78650350388     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610388816     Document Type: Article

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