Examining mindfulness and psychological inflexibility within the framework of big five personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-134

  Latzman, Robert D ^a   Masuda, Akihiko ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five personality; Measurement; Mindfulness; Personality; Psychological inflexibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876785171     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.02.019     Document Type: Article

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