A new Big Five: Fundamental principles for an integrative science of personality

American Psychologist

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-217

  McAdams, Dan P ^a   Pals, Jennifer L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Life stories; Personality; Traits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33646380616     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.61.3.204     Document Type: Article

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