Consensual validity of the EPQ: Self-reports and spouse-reports

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-185

  Gomà i Freixanet, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Consensual validity; EPQ; Personality traits; Self reports; Spouse reports

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031518807     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.13.3.179     Document Type: Article

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