Are we barking up the right tree? Evaluating a comparative approach to personality

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 607-614

  Gosling, Samuel D ^a   Vazire, Simine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0036948658     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-6566(02)00511-1     Document Type: Article

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