On the validity of narrow and broad personality traits: A response to Salgado, Moscoso, and Berges (2013)

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-28

  Ashton, Michael C ^a   Paunonen, Sampo V ^b   Lee, Kibeom ^c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broad versus narrow traits; Personality assessment; Predictive validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885478427     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.08.019     Document Type: Article

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