articleJournal of Personality and Social PsychologyJan 1, 2007Closed access

Between facets and domains: 10 aspects of the Big Five.

CGColin G. DeYoungLCLena C. QuiltyJBJordan B. Peterson

Yale University · Centre for Addiction and Mental Health · +1 more institution

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Abstract

Factor analyses of 75 facet scales from 2 major Big Five inventories, in the Eugene-Springfield community sample (N=481), produced a 2-factor solution for the 15 facets in each domain. These findings indicate the existence of 2 distinct (but correlated) aspects within each of the Big Five, representing an intermediate level of personality structure between facets and domains. The authors characterized these factors in detail at the item level by correlating factor scores with the International Personality Item Pool (L. R. Goldberg, 1999). These correlations allowed the construction of a 100-item measure of the 10 factors (the Big Five Aspect Scales [BFAS]), which was validated in a 2nd sample (N=480). Finally,…

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  • Facet (psychology)
  • Psychology
  • Personality
  • Big Five personality traits
  • Variance (accounting)
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  • Social psychology
  • Big Five personality traits and culture
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