To Live Among Like-Minded Others: Exploring the Links Between Person-City Personality Fit and Self-Esteem

Psychological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 419-427

  Bleidorn, Wiebke ^a,b   Schönbrodt, Felix ^c   Gebauer, Jochen E ^d   Rentfrow, Peter J ^e   Potter, Jeff ^f   Gosling, Samuel D ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f Atof Inc   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Big Five; person environment fit; personality; religiosity; self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; CITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84960892722     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615627133     Document Type: Article

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