Comparison of the big-five factor structure across samples of Chinese and American adults

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 324-341

  Trull, Timothy J ^a   Geary, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0030703106     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6902_6     Document Type: Article

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