The pollyanna myth: How highly agreeable people judge positive and negative relational acts

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1172-1184

  Kammrath, Lara K ^a   Scholer, Abigail A ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

agreeableness; negativity effects; person perception; relational transgressions; social judgment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ALTRUISM; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHARACTER; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960719756     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211407641     Document Type: Article

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