Validation of the french version of the Hierarchical Personality Inventory for Children (HiPIC): Influence of gender and age on personality traits in 8-to 12-year-olds

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-132

  Rossier, Jérôme ^a   Quartier, Vincent ^a   Enescu, Raluca ^a   Iselin, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Primary State School of Nyon   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Cross language replicability; Five factor model; HiPIC; Personality assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147103912     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.23.2.125     Document Type: Article

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