Validation of an adjective Q-Sort as a measure of the Big Five personality structure

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-163

  Aguilar, Maria L ^a   Kaiser, Robert T ^a   Murray, Carolyn B ^a   Ozer, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0005384721     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00957984980242005     Document Type: Article

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