General causality orientations are distinct from but related to dispositional traits

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 460-465

  Olesen, Martin Hammershøj ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Five factor model; General causality orientation; Personality trait; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959358668     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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