Does self-esteem or social desirability account for a general factor of personality (GFP) in the Big Five?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1152-1154

  Erdle, Stephen ^a   Rushton, J Philippe ^b  

^a HURON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Big Five; General factor of personality; Self esteem; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952622088     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.12.038     Document Type: Article

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