Evidence for the general factor of personality (GFP) in the Big Five from 600 Iranians

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 359-361

  Erdle, Stephen ^a   Aghababaei, Naser ^b  

^a HURON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Big Five; Cross cultural; General factor of personality; Iran; Prefrontal asymmetries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861705149     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.03.024     Document Type: Article

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