A More Complete Picture of Personality: What Analyses of Trait Profiles Have Told Us About Personality Judgment—So Far

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 228-232

  Borkenau, Peter ^a   Leising, Daniel ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

evaluation; interjudge agreement; personality; profile

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981309675     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721416651960     Document Type: Article

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