Toward more readable Big Five personality inventories

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 149-157

  Mõttus, René ^a   Pullmann, Helle ^a   Allik, Jüri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Comparative validity; Cross observer agreement; Cross validation; Internal consistency; International Personality Item Pool; Readable personality inventories; Revised NEO Personality Inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745380707     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.22.3.149     Document Type: Article

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