Psychometric properties of goldberg's 50 personality markers for the big five model: A study in the Spanish language

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 310-319

  Garcia, Oscar ^a   Aluja, Anton ^b   García, Luís F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Five Factor personality model; Goldberg's personality adjectives; Goldberg's personality markers; Structural personality models

Indexed keywords

EID: 9344264014     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.20.4.310     Document Type: Article

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