The independent effects of personality and situations on real-time expressions of behavior and emotion

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 872-888

  Sherman, Ryne A ^a   Rauthmann, John F ^b   Brown, Nicolas A ^a   Serfass, David G ^a   Jones, Ashley Bell ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

HEXACO; P S Interactions; Personality traits; Situational Eight DIAMONDS; Situations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946493546     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000036     Document Type: Article

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