The description of personality: basic traits resolved into clusters.
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Results of factor analyses of personality have been inconsistent because of the use of different measures (ratings, behavior, questionnaires), biases of investigators, limited sampling of subjects and of aspects of personality, and varying naming of traits. The writer suggests that these difficultie
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Self-evaluative traits were removed from the original item-base that eventually led to the Big Five.
“At the same time, self-evaluative traits were removed from the original item-base that eventually lead to the Big Five (Allport & Odbert, 1936;Cattell, 1943;Norman, 1967).”
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“The FFM of personality emerged from a lexical hypothesis positing that the most salient and meaningful personality characteristics are embedded in the trait descriptors used in natural language (Allport, 1937; Cattell, 1943; John et al., 2008).”
Background
- Authors
- Cattell, R. B.
- Corresponding author
- Cattell, Raymond B.
- Venue
- The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology
- Published
- 1943-10
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 476-506
- ISSN
- 0096-851X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2036590551
- Cited by
- 987
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 7.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- personality traits, personality description, personality assessment
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