Coolness: An empirical investigation

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 175-185

  Dar Nimrod, Ilan ^a   Hansen, I G ^b   Proulx, T ^c   Lehman, D R ^d   Chapman, B P ^a   Duberstein, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

attitudes; coolness; personality; social desirability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861936950     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: 21512299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000088     Document Type: Article

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