Update on the debate about the existence and utility of the big five: A ten-year follow-up on Carroll's "the five-factor personality model: How complete and satisfactory is it?

Psychological Reports

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 931-942

  Merenda, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 60749111551     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.103.3.931-942     Document Type: Review

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