Higher order factors of personality in Jamaican young adults

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 878-882

  Hull, Darrell M ^a   Beaujean, A Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Caribbean; Five factor model of personality; General factor of personality; Jamaica; NEO FFI; Young adult

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951673470     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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