A contrarian view of the five-factor approach to personality description

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 187-215

  Block, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGO DEVELOPMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMAN; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029269006     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.117.2.187     Document Type: Article

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