articleJournal of Personality and Social PsychologyJan 1, 2006Closed access

Higher-order factors of the Big Five in a multi-informant sample.

CGColin G. DeYoung

Yale University

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Abstract

In a large community sample (N=490), the Big Five were not orthogonal when modeled as latent variables representing the shared variance of reports from 4 different informants. Additionally, the standard higher-order factor structure was present in latent space: Neuroticism (reversed), Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness formed one factor, labeled Stability, and Extraversion and Openness/Intellect formed a second factor, labeled Plasticity. Comparison of two instruments, the Big Five Inventory and the Mini-Markers, supported the hypotheses that single-adjective rating instruments are likely to yield lower interrater agreement than phrase rating instruments and that lower interrater agreement is associated with…

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  • Psychology
  • Conscientiousness
  • Agreeableness
  • Extraversion and introversion
  • Hierarchical structure of the Big Five
  • Big Five personality traits
  • Neuroticism
  • Openness to experience
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Reduced inequalities
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