Why are extraverts more popular? Oral fluency mediates the effect of extraversion on popularity in middle childhood

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 138-151

  Ilmarinen, Ville Juhani ^a   Vainikainen, Mari Pauliina ^a   Verkasalo, Markku ^a   Lönnqvist, Jan Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Development of personality; Social and personal relationships; Social competence; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928182894     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.1982     Document Type: Article

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