Correction to Separating Method Factors and Higher Order Traits of the Big Five: A Meta-Analytic Multitrait-Multimethod Approach [Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, (2011)] DOI:10.1037/a0025559;Separating method factors and higher order traits of the Big Five: A meta-analytic multitrait-multimethod approach

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 408-426

  Chang, Luye ^a   Connelly, Brian S ^b   Geeza, Alexis A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five; Higher order factors; Meta analysis; Multitrait multimethod; Personality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF EVALUATION;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84861118031     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026831     Document Type: Erratum

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