The Big Five Model: Grandiose Ideas About Surface Traits as the Foundation of a General Theory of Personality
Psychological InquiryPublished 26 February 2010
Seymour Epstein
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Several years ago I commented in Psychological Inquiry on Pervin's (1994) critique of Big Five trait theory. I have reread the article I wrote then and find that my ideas have changed little. Accor...
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