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Personality Trait Descriptors: 2,818 Trait Descriptive Adjectives Characterized by Familiarity, Frequency of Use, and Prior Use in Psycholexical Research Cover

Personality Trait Descriptors: 2,818 Trait Descriptive Adjectives Characterized by Familiarity, Frequency of Use, and Prior Use in Psycholexical Research

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|Jan 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.57 | Journal eISSN: 2050-9863
Language: English
Published on: Jan 25, 2022
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