The five-factor framing of personality and beyond: Some ruminations

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-25

  Block, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Conscientiousness; Extraversion; Five factor model; Neuroticism; Openness; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951702555     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10478401003596626     Document Type: Article

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