Personality measurement in cross-cultural perspective

Journal of Personality

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 979-1006

  Church, A Timothy ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0035650978     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.696172     Document Type: Review

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