Person, Persona, and Personality Modification: An In-Depth Qualitative Exploration of Quantitative Findings

Qualitative Research in Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 140-159

  Querstret, Dawn ^a   Robinson, Oliver C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mixed methods; persona; personality; personality modification; social context; thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873377158     PISSN: 14780887     EISSN: 14780895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14780887.2011.586450     Document Type: Article

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