In pursuit of a cross-lingual reference structure of personality traits: Comparisons among five languages

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 167-185

  De Raad, Boele ^a   Perugini, Marco ^b   Szirmak, Zsófia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031486913     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0984(199709)11:3<167::AID-PER286>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Review

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