Are g and the General Factor of Personality (GFP) correlated?

Intelligence

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 296-305

  Irwing, Paul ^a   Booth, Tom ^a   Nyborg, Helmuth ^b   Rushton, J Philippe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; G; GFP; Life History theory; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859858003     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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