Trait relevance and trait assessment

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 108-122

  Britt, Thomas W ^a   Shepperd, James A ^b  

^a King College Bristol   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0033423293     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327957pspr0302_2     Document Type: Article

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