Further consideration of the use of narrow trait scales

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-194

  Christiansen, Neil D ^a   Robie, Chet ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big five; Five Factor model; Narrow traits; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960785086     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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