Five personality factors and sex: Preliminary findings

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1133-1141

  Heaven, Patrick C L ^a   Fitzpatrick, Jean ^a   Craig, Fiona L ^a   Kelly, Peter ^a   Sebar, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Conscientiousness; Extraversion; Neuroticism; Openness to experience; Sex attitudes; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034196931     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00163-4     Document Type: Article

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