A review of literature on the general factor of personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 765-771

  Just, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

General factor of personality (GFP); Higher order factors; Literature review; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951671373     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.01.008     Document Type: Review

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