National differences in personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 114-117

  Allik, Jüri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Geographical differences; IQ; National differences; Personality; Richard Lynn

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860691585     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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