Are fluctuations in personality states more than fluctuations in affect?

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 69, Issue , 2017, Pages 110-123

  Wilson, Robert E ^a   Thompson, Renee J ^b   Vazire, Simine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Personality states; Situations P S interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006511974     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.06.006     Document Type: Article

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