A defence of the lexical approach to the study of personality structure

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-24

  Ashton, Michael C ^a   Lee, Kibeom ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 14144250896     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.541     Document Type: Article

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