A Tutorial on Hierarchically Structured Constructs

Journal of Personality

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 796-846

  Brunner, Martin ^a   Nagy, Gabriel ^b   Wilhelm, Oliver ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS INDUCING AGENTS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84863778220     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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