If it walks like a duck: Construct validation of proverb-based personality dimensions

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 458-461

  Haas, Heather A ^a   Rouse, Steven V ^b  

^a LAGRANGE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement striving; Big Five; Five Factor model; MPQ BF; Personality; Personality traits; Proverbs; Restraint

Indexed keywords

EID: 83555166308     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.10.052     Document Type: Article

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