Problem-solving style and multicultural personality dispositions: A study of construct validity

Psychological Reports

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 927-938

  Houtz, John C ^a   Ponterotto, Joseph G ^a   Burger, Claudia ^a   Marino, Cherylynn ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHARACTER; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956200428     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.106.3.927-938     Document Type: Article

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