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Validation of the five-factor model of personality across instruments and observers

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ID6201430
AuthorsRobert R Mccrae (0000-0003-1325-1485), Paul T Costa (0000-0003-4375-1712)
Year1987
Volume52
Issue1
Pages81-90
Publication date1987-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0022-3514.52.1.81
PMID3820081
OpenAlexW2159316671
LanguageEN
Citations received1.011
References cited32

Two data sources--self-reports and peer ratings--and two instruments--adjective factors and questionnaire scales--were used to assess the five-factor model of personality. As in a previous study of self-reports (McCrae & Costa, 1985b), adjective factors of neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness-antagonism, and conscientiousness-undirectedness were identified in an analysis of 738 peer ratings of 275 adult subjects. Intraclass correlations among raters, ranging from .30 to .65, and correlations between mean peer ratings and self-reports, from .25 to .62, showed substantial cross-observer agreement on all five adjective factors. Similar results were seen in analyses of scales from the NEO Personality Inventory. Items from the adjective factors were used as guides in a discussion of the nature of the five factors. These data reinforce recent appeals for the adoption of the five-factor model in personality research and assessment

Adjective · Adjective check list · Agreeableness · Big Five personality traits · Conscientiousness · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Facet (psychology) · Hierarchical structure of the Big Five · Neuroticism · Noun · Openness to experience · Personality · Personality Assessment Inventory · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychological Testing and Assessment · Psychology · Social Psychology

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