Personality Trait Structure as a Human Universal

American Psychologist

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 509-516

  McCrae, Robert R ^a   Costa Jr , Paul T ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031133486     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.52.5.509     Document Type: Article

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