On the Contextual Independence of Personality: Teachers' Assessments Predict Directly Observed Behavior After Four Decades

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 327-334

  Nave, Christopher S ^a   Sherman, Ryne A ^a   Funder, David C ^a   Hampson, Sarah E ^b   Goldberg, Lewis R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

continuity; directly observed behavior; personality; situations

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052053842     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550610370717     Document Type: Article

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