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Description of personality traits by Chinese adjectives: A trial on university students Cover

Description of personality traits by Chinese adjectives: A trial on university students

Psychology of Language and Communication
Volume 13 (2009): Issue 2 (December 2009)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10057-009-0006-5 | Journal eISSN: 2083-8506 (formerly 1234-2238) | Journal ISSN: 1234-2238
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Language: English
Page range: 5 - 20
Published on: Nov 6, 2009
Published by: Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
adjective descriptor,
Chinese,
five-factor model,
personality,
self-report of narratives
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Psychology,
Applied psychology

© 2009 Shaohua Yu, Lili Wei, Wei He, Hao Chai, Dengfeng Wang, Wei Chen, Wei Wang, published by Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw
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