Personality profiles of cultures: Patterns of ethos

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-227

  McCrae, Robert R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Ethnography; Evolution; Five factor model

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649435812     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.712     Document Type: Article

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