Advances in the assessment of the five-factor model

Psychologica Belgica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 51-75

  De Fruyt, Filip ^a,c   Furnham, Adrian ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

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EID: 0034398137     PISSN: 00332879     EISSN: 2054670X     Source Type: Journal    
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