Eavesdropping on character: Assessing everyday moral behaviors

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 61, Issue , 2016, Pages 15-21

  Bollich, Kathryn L ^a   Doris, John M ^a   Vazire, Simine ^b   Raison, Charles L ^c,d   Jackson, Joshua J ^a   Mehl, Matthias R ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory assessment; Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR); Moral behavior; Moral character; Naturalistic observation; Personality; Temporal stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989247279     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2015.12.003     Document Type: Article

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