The General Factor of Personality: The “Big One,” a self-evaluative trait, or a methodological gnat that won’t go away?

2015/03/11 by Stacy E. Davies, Stacy Eitel Davies, Brian S. Connelly +4 · 2 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Behavioral Health and Interventions #Personality Traits and Psychology #Social and Intergroup Psychology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.paid.2015.01.006

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