The general factor of personality: What lies beyond?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 463-467

  Loehlin, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eugene Springfield Community Sample; General factor of personality (GFP); Personality inventories; Personality structure; Trait hierarchy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862335422     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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