Subjective assessment of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) personality: Reliability and stability of trait ratings

Primates

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 253-259

  Dutton, Diane M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Personality; Reliability; Stability; Zoo

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CAPTIVE POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS; PRIMATE; ZOO;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZOO ANIMAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 54949121712     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-008-0094-1     Document Type: Article

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