The General Factor of Personality and Evaluation

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 292-302

  Pettersson, Erik ^a   Turkheimer, Eric ^a   Horn, Erin E ^a   Menatti, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Big One; Evaluation; General factor of personality; Social desirability; Valence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859815056     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.839     Document Type: Article

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