On Measuring the Sixth Basic Personality Dimension: A Comparison Between HEXACO Honesty-Humility and Big Six Honesty-Propriety

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Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1024-1036

  Thielmann, Isabel ^a   Hilbig, Benjamin E ^a,b   Zettler, Ingo ^c   Moshagen, Morten ^d  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON COLLECTIVE GOODS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Big Six; comparative validity; HEXACO; Honesty Humility; Honesty Propriety; personality measurement; Structural Equation Modeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020735606     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191116638411     Document Type: Article

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