Validity and psychometric equivalence of the German version of the Big Five Inventory in young, middle-aged and old adults;Testgüte und psychometrische Äquivalenz der deutschen Version des Big Five Inventory (BFI) bei jungen, mittelalten und alten Erwachsenen

Diagnostica

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 111-121

  Lang, Frieder R ^a   Lüdtke, Oliver ^b   Asendorpf, Jens B ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Big Five Inventory; Factorial invariance; Five factor approach; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035641175     PISSN: 00121924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026//0012-1924.47.3.111     Document Type: Article

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