Assessing the big five: Development and validation of the Openness Conscientiousness Extraversion Agreeableness Neuroticism Index Condensed (OCEANIC)

Zeitschrift fur Psychologie

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 133-149

  Schulze, Ralf ^a   Roberts, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Big Five; Factor Analysis; Five Factor Inventory; Personality; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747073124     PISSN: 00443409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0044-3409.214.3.133     Document Type: Article

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