A psycholexical route to content coverage in personality assessment

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-98

  De Raad, Boele ^a   Hendriks, A A Jolijn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Big Five; Circumplex; Personality assessment; Psycholexical approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031494784     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.13.2.85     Document Type: Article

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