The next Big Five Inventory (BFI-2): Developing and assessing a hierarchical model with 15 facets to enhance bandwidth, fidelity, and predictive power

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 117-143

  Soto, Christopher J ^a   John, Oliver P ^b  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

5 factor model; Big Five; facets; Personality measurement; Personality structure

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MODEL; PERSONALITY; PSYCINFO; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962720315     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000096     Document Type: Article

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