Assessing the Big-Five personality domains via short forms a cautionary note and a proposal

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 139-148

  Herzberg, Philipp Yorck ^a   Brähler, Elmar ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Big Five; CFA; Personality assessment; Questionnaire; Short form; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745368721     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.22.3.139     Document Type: Article

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