Knowing and faking one's five-factor personality score

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 229-243

  Furnham, Adrian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 0030853747     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6901_14     Document Type: Review

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