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What Is Beyond the Big Five? Plenty!

Paunonen, Sampo V., Jackson, Douglas N.·2000·Journal of Personality

Abstract

In a recent analysis of personality data, Saucier and Goldberg (1998) sought to answer the question, What is beyond the Big Five? Those authors evaluated numerous clusters of English person‐descriptive adjectives that have been suspected of referring to non–Big Five dimensions of personality. Their results led them to conclude that most, if not all, traits of personality can be adequately subsumed within the Big Five factor space. In contrast, our reanalysis of Saucier and Goldberg’s own data, using a more realistic criterion for deciding on whether a variable does or does not fall within a particular factor space, contradicts their claim. We are led to the conclusion that there are plenty of dimensions of behavior beyond the Big Five.

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Authors
Paunonen, S. V., & Jackson, D. N.
Affiliations
Western University (CA)
Venue
Journal of Personality
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2000-10
Volume
68
Issue
5
Pages
821-835
ISSN
  • 0022-3506 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-6494
OpenAlex
W2036045338
Cited by
454
References
30
Citations by year
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FWCI
17.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Personality (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords
Big Five personality traits, personality factors, reanalysis, factor space
MeSH terms
Female, Humans, Male, Personality, Psychological Theory

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