Factor analysis of the Big Five Questionnaire using polychoric correlations in children

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-85

  Holgado Tello, F Pablo ^a   Carrasco Ortiz, M A ^a   Del Barrio Gándara, María Victoria ^a   Chacón Moscoso, Salvador ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Big Five; Children; Personality; Polychoric correlations

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849114513     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-007-9085-3     Document Type: Article

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