Fundamental flaws in the five factor model: A re-analysis of the seminal correlation matrix from which the "openness-to-experience" factor was extracted

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 475-480

  McKenzie, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032041790     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00223-7     Document Type: Article

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