The limitations of extracting typologies from trait measures of personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 779-787

  Pittenger, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Five factor model of personality; Median split; Personality; Personality types

Indexed keywords

EID: 4143051119     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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