Whole Trait Theory

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 82-92

  Fleeson, William ^a   Jayawickreme, Eranda ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big 5; Density distributions; Integrative; Models; Social cognitive; Trait theory; Traits; Whole Trait Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84932115295     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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