A factor analysis of the most frequently used Korean personality trait adjectives

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 261-282

  Hahn, Doug Woong ^a   Lee, Kibeom ^b   Ashton, Michael C ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0033239651     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0984(199907/08)13:4<261::AID-PER340>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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