The validity of handwriting elements in relation to self-report personality trait measures

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-18

  Tett, Robert P ^a   Palmer, Cynthia A ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0030640683     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(96)00183-3     Document Type: Article

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