I'm outgoing and she's reserved: The reciprocal dynamics of personality in close friendships in young adulthood

Journal of Personality

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1113-1148

  Nelson, Paul A ^a   Thorne, Avril ^a   Shapiro, Lauren A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; INTROVERSION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROLE PLAYING; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; INTROVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROLE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053275959     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00719.x     Document Type: Article

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