Accuracy of Judgments of Personality Based on Textual Information on Major Life Domains

Journal of Personality

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 214-224

  Borkenau, Peter ^a   Mosch, Alice ^a   Tandler, Nancy ^a   Wolf, Annegret ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959901830     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12153     Document Type: Article

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