Personality and perceptions of situations from the Thematic Apperception Test

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 708-718

  Serfass, David G ^a   Sherman, Ryne A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construal; Perceptions; Personality; Situations; Thematic Apperception Test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881254217     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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