Evaluating a measure of the five-factor model of personality

Assessment

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 287-301

  Mroczek, Daniel K ^d   Ozer, Daniel J ^a   Spiro III, Avron ^b   Kaiser, Robert T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Research Spectrum   (United States)

^d FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Consistency testing; Factor analysis; Five Factor Model; Personality assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY;

EID: 0032161541     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319119800500308     Document Type: Article

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