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THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF BIG FIVE
PERSONALITY TRAITS
Patterns and Profiles of Human Self-Description Across 56 Nations
DAVID P. SCHMITT
Bradley University
JÜRI ALLIK
University of Tartu
ROBERT R. MCCRAE
National Institute of Aging
VERÓNICA BENET-MARTÍNEZ
University of California, Riverside
Lidia Alcalay, Pontificia Universidad
Católica de Chile
Lara Ault, University of Louisville
Ivars Austers, University of Latvia
Kevin L. Bennett, Penn State University, Beaver
Gabriel Bianchi, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Fredrick Boholst, University of San Carlos
Mary Ann Borg Cunen, University of Malta
Johan Braeckman, Ghent University
Edwin G. Brainerd Jr., Clemson University
Leo Gerard A. Caral, University of San Carlos
Gabrielle Caron, Université of Laval
Maria Martina Casullo, University of Buenos Aires
Michael Cunningham, University of Louisville
Ikuo Daibo, Osaka University
Charlotte De Backer, Ghent University
Eros DeSouza, Illinois State University
Rolando Diaz-Loving, National Autonomous
University of Mexico
Gláucia Diniz, University of Brasilia
Kevin Durkin, The University of Western Australia
Marcela Echegaray, University of Lima
Ekin Eremsoy, Bogaziçi Üniversitesi
Harald A. Euler, University of Kassel
Ruth Falzon, University of Malta
Maryanne L. Fisher, York University
Dolores Foley, University of Queensland
Douglas P. Fry, Åbo Akademi University
Sirpa Fry, Åbo Akademi University
M. Arif Ghayur, Al-Akhawayn University
Vijai N. Giri, Indian Institute of Technology
Debra L. Golden, University of Hawaii–Manoa
Karl Grammer, Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute for
Urban Ethology
Liria Grimaldi, University of Catania
Jamin Halberstadt, University of Otago
Shamsul Haque, University of Dhaka
Dora Herrera, University of Lima
Janine Hertel, Technische Universität Chemnitz

Heather Hoffmann, Knox College
Danica Hooper, University of Queensland
Zuzana Hradilekova, Comenius University
Jasna Hudek-Kene-evi, University of Rijeka

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