A Six-Factor Structure of Personality-Descriptive Adjectives: Solutions From Psycholexical Studies in Seven Languages.
2004/01/01 by Michael C. Ashton, Kibeom Lee, Marco Perugini +5 · 1,058 citations
Psychology · #Aesthetics #Agreeableness #Anger #Big Five personality traits #Conscientiousness #Extraversion and introversion #Linguistics #Onomatopoeia #Personality #Personality Disorders and Psychopathology #Personality Traits and Psychology #Psychological Treatments and Assessments #Psychology #Sentimentality #Social psychology
paper · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.86.2.356
published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 86(2), 356-366 (American Psychological Association)
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Abstract
Standard psycholexical studies of personality structure have produced a similar 6-factor solution in 7 languages (Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Polish). The authors report the content of these personality dimensions and interpret them as follows: (a) a variant of Extraversion, defined by sociability and liveliness (though not by bravery and toughness); (b) a variant of Agreeableness, defined by gentleness, patience, and agreeableness (but also including anger and ill temper at its negative pole); (c) Conscientiousness (emphasizing organization and discipline rather than moral conscience); (d) Emotionality (containing anxiety, vulnerability, sentimentality, lack of bravery, and lack of toughness, but not anger or ill temper); (e) Honesty-Humility; (f) Intellect/Imagination/Unconventionality. A potential reorganization of the Big Five factor structure is discussed.
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