How general across inventories is a general factor of personality?

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 258-263

  Loehlin, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Big five; Eugene springfield community sample; Factor analysis; General factor of personality (GFP); Human evolution; Personality inventories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860556819     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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