Gender invariance of the five-factor model of personality among adolescents: A mean and covariance structure analysis approach

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 755-765

  Gomez, Rapson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Five factor model; Gender invariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745834709     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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