Extending the search for folk personality constructs: The dimensionality of the personality-relevant proverb domain

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 594-605

  Haas, Heather A ^a  

^a LAGRANGE COLLEGE   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

APHORISMS AND PROVERBS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0036551592     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037//0022-3514.82.4.594     Document Type: Article

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