Toddler's and preschool child's characteristics as perceived by mothers and preschool teachers: Do their free descriptions resemble the five-factor model of personality?;Sebnostne lastnosti malčka in predšolskega otroka, kot jih opisujejo mame in vzgojiteljice: ali njihovi prosti opisi odražajo petfaktorski model osebnosti?

Psiholoska Obzorja

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-24

  Zupancic, Maja ^a   Kavcic, Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Five Factor Model; Free descriptions; Personality; Pre school children; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242545321     PISSN: 13181874     EISSN: 23505141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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