Stability versus change, dependability versus error: Issues in the assessment of personality over time

2004/07/22 by David Watson · 252 citations
Psychology · #Big Five personality traits #Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Dependability #Machine learning #Negative affectivity #Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders #Personality #Personality Traits and Psychology #Psychology #Sample (material) #Social psychology #Stability (learning theory) #Trait

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2004.03.001

published in Journal of Research in Personality 38(4), 319-350 (Elsevier BV)

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