The role of response styles in the assessment of intraindividual personality variability

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 69, Issue , 2017, Pages 170-179

  Baird, Brendan M ^a   Lucas, Richard E ^b   Donnellan, M Brent ^c  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotions; Measurement; Personality; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996489074     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.06.015     Document Type: Article

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