APA Dictionary of Psychology

personality correlates

Updated on 04/19/2018
  1. personality traits that are associated with a particular condition, illness, or disorder. For example, personality correlates of stress sensitivity may include introversion, obsession, and dependency.
  2. variables that correlate with measures of personality. Correlations between personality traits and observed behaviors, for example, provide evidence for the validity of measures of such traits.
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