Recurrent personality dimensions in inclusive lexical studies: Indications for a big six structure

Journal of Personality

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1577-1614

  Saucier, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMANTICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMANTICS; TRANSLATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69749093961     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2009.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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