Trait personality and state variability: Predicting individual differences in within- and cross-context fluctuations in affect, self-evaluations, and behavior in everyday life

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 69, Issue , 2017, Pages 124-138

  Geukes, Katharina ^a   Nestler, Steffen ^a,b   Hutteman, Roos ^c   Küfner, Albrecht C P ^a   Back, Mitja D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral consistency; Cross context variability; Cross role variability; Self esteem fragility; State fluctuations; Within person variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006483402     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.06.003     Document Type: Article

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