110 patrol officers in work partnerships completed ratings for self and partner. Items were personality traits most frequently used by officers to describe themselves during informal interviews. Officers committed to continuing the partnership showed higher self-other agreement than officers not committed to continuing the partnership. Results supported the hypothesis that ratings from committed others yield greater agreement than do ratings from uncommitted others.
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