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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

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|Nov 2009

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10057-009-0006-5 | Journal eISSN: 2083-8506 | Journal ISSN: 1234-2238
Language: English
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Published on: Nov 6, 2009
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© 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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