Sexual dimensions of person description: Beyond or subsumed by the big five?

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-177

  Schmitt, David P ^a   Buss, David M ^b  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0001242642     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jrpe.1999.2267     Document Type: Article

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