A very brief measure of the Big-Five personality domains

2003/06/30 by Samuel D Gosling, Samuel D. Gosling, Peter J Rentfrow +3 · 8,359 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Applied psychology #Big Five personality traits #Computer science #Convergence (economics) #Data mining #Measure (data warehouse) #Personality #Personality Assessment Inventory #Personality Disorders and Psychopathology #Personality Traits and Psychology #Psychology #Reliability (semiconductor) #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social psychology #Test (biology)

paper · doi:10.1016/s0092-6566(03)00046-1

published in Journal of Research in Personality 37(6), 504-528 (Elsevier BV)

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