The 10-ltem big five inventory: Norm values and investigation of sociodemographic effects based on a German population representative sample

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 193-201

  Rammstedt, Beatrice ^a  

^a GESIS LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

BFI 10; Big five; Norm values; Population representative sample; Sociodemographic variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547801381     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.23.3.193     Document Type: Article

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