Exploring Nonlinear Models in Personality Assessment: Development and Preliminary Validation of a Negative Emotionality Scale

Journal of Personality

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 545-576

  Waller, Niels G ^a   Tellegen, Auke ^b   McDonald, Roderick P ^c   Lykken, David T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 17344393752     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1996.tb00521.x     Document Type: Article

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