Identification problems in personality psychology

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-320

  Borghans, Lex ^a   Golsteyn, Bart H H ^a,b   Heckman, James ^c,d,e   Humphries, John Eric ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement test; Grades; Identification problem; Personality; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958119898     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.03.029     Document Type: Article

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