An alternative taxonomic study of personality-descriptive adjectives in the Italian language

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-101

  Di Blas, Lisa ^a   Forzi, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032362360     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0984(199803/04)12:2<75::AID-PER288>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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