Information quality in personality judgment: The value of personal disclosure

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-185

  Beer, Andrew ^a   Brooks, Cody ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Acquaintanceship effect; Consensus; Information quality; Information quantity; Person perception; Personal disclosure; Personality; Self other agreement; Zero acquaintance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953238191     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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