The General Factor of Personality and its relation to Self-Esteem in 628,640 Internet respondents

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 343-346

  Erdle, Stephen ^a   Irwing, Paul ^b   Rushton, J Philippe ^c   Park, Jane ^b  

^a HURON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Big Five; General Factor of Personality; Personality; Self Esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749084599     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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