A Comparison of Agreeableness Scores From the Big Five Inventory and the NEO PI-R: Consequences for the Study of Narcissism and Psychopathy

Miller, Joshua D.; Gaughan, Eric T.; Maples, Jessica; Price, Joanna

doi:10.1177/1073191111411671

A Comparison of Agreeableness Scores From the Big Five Inventory and the NEO PI-R: Consequences for the Study of Narcissism and Psychopathy

Despite being significantly correlated, there is evidence to suggest that the scales measuring Agreeableness from the Big Five Inventory (BFI) and the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) do not capture identical constructs. More specifically, NEO PI-R Agreeableness contains content relat…