Comparative Validity of Brief to Medium-Length Big Five and Big Six Personality Questionnaires

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 995-1009

  Thalmayer, Amber Gayle ^a   Saucier, Gerard ^a   Eigenhuis, Annemarie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Five factor personality model; Inventories; Psychological assessment; Psychometrics; Test validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIG FIVE INVENTORY; BIG SIX SCALES; CONSENSUS; EMOTIONALITY; FIVE FACTOR INVENTORY; HEXACO PERSONALITY INVENTORY; HONESTY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORKING; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83155173501     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024165     Document Type: Article

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