Religion and the five factor model of personality: An exploratory investigation using a Canadian university sample

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1243-1259

  Taylor, Andrew ^a   MacDonald, Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exploratory analysis; Five Factor Model; Personality; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000693385     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00068-9     Document Type: Article

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