Explaining personality or explaining variance? A comment on creed and funder (1998)

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 533-538

  Silvia, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0033235612     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0984(199911/12)13:6<533::aid-per354>3.0.co;2-0     Document Type: Review

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