Moral reasoning and personality traits

Psychological Reports

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 689-698

  Mudrack, Peter E ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 33748876787     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.98.3.689-698     Document Type: Article

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