Relational humility: Conceptualizing and measuring humility as a personality judgment

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-234

  Davis, Don E ^a   Hook, Joshua N ^b   Worthington Jr , Everett L ^a   Van Tongeren, Daryl R ^a   Gartner, Aubrey L ^a   Jennings, David J ^a   Emmons, Robert A ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TESTS; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957625956     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2011.558871     Document Type: Article

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