Regional analysis of big five personality factors and suicide rates in Russia

Psychological Reports

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1043-1047

  Voracek, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

HUMANS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RUSSIA; SUICIDE;

EID: 84886779616     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/09.12.PR0.113x13z4     Document Type: Article

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