National character and personality

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 156-161

  McCrae, Robert R ^a,b   Terracciano, Antonio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparisons; Five factor model; Personality traits; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748772522     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2006.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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