Higher order factors of personality: Do they exist?

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 79-91

  Ashton, Michael C ^a   Lee, Kibeom ^b   Goldberg, Lewis R ^c   de Vries, Reinout E ^d  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Big Five; General factor; HEXACO; Higher order factors; Personality structure

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 67649114060     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088868309338467     Document Type: Article

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