The personality traits of liked people

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 519-528

  Wortman, Jessica ^a   Wood, Dustin ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extraversion; Friendship; Liking; Personality; Personality traits; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455154533     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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