Further Evidence for the Cross-Cultural Generality of the Big Seven Factor Model: Indigenous and Imported Spanish Personality Constructs

Journal of Personality

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 567-598

  Benet Martínez, Verónica ^a   Waller, Niels G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0345986644     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1997.tb00327.x     Document Type: Article

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