The manifestation of traits in everyday behavior and affect: A five-culture study

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-16

  Ching, Charles M ^a   Church, A Timothy ^a   Katigbak, Marcia S ^a   Reyes, Jose Alberto S ^b   Tanaka Matsumi, Junko ^c   Takaoka, Shino ^c   Zhang, Hengsheng ^d   Shen, Jiliang ^d   Arias, Rina Mazuera ^e   Rincon, Brigida Carolina ^e   Ortiz, Fernando A ^f  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^c KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Deanship of Research   (Venezuela)

^f GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Big Five traits; Cultural tightness; Culture; Density distributions; Dialecticism; Self construals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887669444     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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