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  1. Blekinge Center of Competence, Blekinge, County Council, Karlskrona, Sweden

    Danilo Garcia & Kevin M. Cloninger

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Danilo Garcia

  3. Department of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Danilo Garcia

  4. Network for Empowerment and Well-Being, Lyckeby, Sweden

    Danilo Garcia

  5. Anthropedia Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Danilo Garcia, Nigel Lester, Kevin M. Cloninger & C. Robert Cloninger

  6. Center for Well-Being, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Nigel Lester & C. Robert Cloninger

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  2. Oakland University, Rochester, USA

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Garcia, D., Lester, N., Cloninger, K.M., Robert Cloninger, C. (2017). Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_91-1

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