The higher-order factor structures of five personality inventories

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 552-558

  Woods, Stephen A ^a   Hardy, Claire ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big five; Exploratory factor analysis; General factor of personality; GFP; Higher order factors; Personality inventories; Trait measurement; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856209714     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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