Is a trait really the mean of states?

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 131-137

  Augustine, Adam A ^a   Larsen, Randy J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; Big Five; experience sampling; measurement; personality trait

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861948105     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: 21512299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000083     Document Type: Article

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