Virtues in action - the new look of character traits

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 700-723

  Bleidorn, Wiebke ^a,b   Denissen, Jaap J A ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Character; Experience Sampling; States; Virtue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY;

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIRTUES;

EID: 84930958281     PISSN: 00071269     EISSN: 20448295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12117     Document Type: Article

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