On the structure of personality: Are there separate temperament and character factors?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 180-184

  Maitland, Scott B ^a   Nyberg, Lars ^b   Bäckman, Lars ^c   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^d   Adolfsson, Rolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lifespan development and aging; Personality theory; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349192198     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.02.023     Document Type: Article

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