The Validity and Structure of Culture-Level Personality Scores: Data From Ratings of Young Adolescents

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 815-838

  McCrae, Robert R ^a   Terracciano, Antonio ^a   De Fruyt, Filip ^b   De Bolle, Marleen ^b   Gelfand, Michele J ^c   Costa Jr , Paul T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 77953978672     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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