Personality profiles and the "russian soul": Literary and scholarly views evaluated

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 372-389

  Allik, Jüri ^a   Realo, Anu ^a   Mõttus, René ^a   Pullmann, Helle ^a   Trifonova, Anastasia ^a   McCrae, Robert R ^b   Yurina, Alla A ^c   Shebanets, Elena Y ^c   Fadina, Anelina G ^d   Tikhonova, Elenora V ^e   Troitskaya, Irina Y ^e   Fatyhova, Rimma M ^f   Petrova, Irina F ^f   Tudupova, Tuyana T ^g   Tsiring, Diana A ^h   Panfilov, Aleksey N ⁱ   L'dokova, Galya M ⁱ   Aristova, Irina L ^j   Mescheryakov, Boris G ^k   Zorina, Julia ^k   Yuschenkova, Darya V ^k   Fotekova, Tatiana A ^l   Osmina, Elena V ^m   Vavilkina, Natalya G ^m   Skhorohodova, Nina Y ⁿ   Zernova, Tatyana I ^o   Dostovalov, Sergey G ^p   Kadykova, Svetlana A ^q   Korepanova, Inna A ^r   Saharova, Anna ^r   Naumov, Nikolai D ^s   Snegireva, Tatyana V ^s   Kuznetsov, Igor Y ^t   Kuznetsova, Snezhana A ^t   Rubtsova, Maria O ^u   Filatova, Aleksandra F ^v   Nechaeva, Tatyana M ^w   Borisova, Svetlana N ^x   Postnikova, Margarita I ^y   Gluhanyuk, Natalya S ^z   Dyachenko, Elena V ^z   Fomina, Natalya A ^aa   Eromasova, Aleksandra A ^ab   Myshkina, Svetlana V ^ab   Rulina, Tatyana K ^ac   Yavkina, Elena V ^ac   Knyazev, Gennady G ^ad   Ryabichenko, Tatyana I ^ad   Demidova, Irina F ^ae   Uvarov, Evgeni A ^af   Lopukhova, Olga G ⁱ   Vasyagina, Natalya N ^ag   Leonenko, Natalya O ^ag   Arinin, Evgeni I ^ah   Lyapina, Anna A ^ai   Dulina, Nadezhda V ^aj   Poyarova, Tatyana A ^ak   Gaidar, Karina M ^al   Baranov, Aleksandr A ^am   Kozhevnikova, Oksana V ^am   Kalinichenko, Olga V ^an   Korneeva, Ekaterina E ^ao   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c ADYGHE STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d ASTRAKHAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e Arzamas State Pedagogical University   (Russian Federation)

^f BASHKIR STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^g BURYAT STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^h CHELYABINSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^j FAR EASTERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^k DUBNA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^l Khakass State University   (Russian Federation)

^m KALASHNIKOV IZHEVSK STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

ⁿ PETROZAVODSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^o Kuban State University of Physical Culture Sport and Tourism   (Russian Federation)

^p KURGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^q MARI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^r MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION   (Russian Federation)

^s NIZHNEVARTOVSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^t Northern International University   (Russian Federation)

^u NOVOSIBIRSK STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^v OMSK STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^w OREL STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^x PERM STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^y NORTHERN ARCTIC FEDERAL UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER M V LOMONOSOV   (Russian Federation)

^z RUSSIAN STATE VOCATIONAL PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^aa RYAZAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^ab Sahalinskij Gosudarstvennyj Universitet   (Russian Federation)

^ac SAMARA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION   (Russian Federation)

^ad INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^ae Taganrog Institute of Management and Economy   (Russian Federation)

^af DERZHAVIN TAMBOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^ag URAL STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^ah VLADIMIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^ai RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ACADEMY OF NATIONAL ECONOMY AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION   (Russian Federation)

^aj VOLGOGRAD STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^ak VOLOGDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^al VORONEZH STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^am UDMURT STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^an Ussuriysk State Pedagogical Institute   (Russian Federation)

^ao YAROSLAVL STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

Big Five; Cross cultural comparison; Personality; Personality ratings; Russian national character: NEO PI R; Russian soul

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953215285     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022110362751     Document Type: Article

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