Personality, Self-Concept, Interests, and Intelligence: Which Construct Doesn't Fit?

Journal of Personality

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-205

  Ackerman, Phillip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0346937805     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1997.tb00952.x     Document Type: Article

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