Refining a descriptive structure of personality attributes in the Italian language: The abridged Big Three circumplex structure

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 451-481

  Di Blas, Lisa ^a   Forzi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

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EID: 0033412067     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.76.3.451     Document Type: Article

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