Validation of the NEO personality inventory and the five-factor model. Can findings from exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis be reconciled?

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-166

  Vassend, Olav ^a   Skrondal, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 0031501799     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0984(199706)11:2<147::AID-PER278>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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