Evidence for the Big Five in analyses of familiar English personality adjectives

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-77

  Saucier, Gerard ^a   Goldberg, Lewis R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0030548493     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0984(199603)10:1<61::AID-PER246>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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