An alternative description of personality: The Big-Five factor structure
Goldberg, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 59(6), 1990, 1216-1229. 1,431 trait adjectives grouped into 75 clusters gave nearly identical structures across ten replications with different factor-analytic methods. 479 common trait terms in 133 synonym clusters gave the same structure in two self-rating and two peer-rating samples, with no factor beyond the fifth generalising across samples. 100 clusters from 339 terms proposed as markers.
Goldberg, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 59(6), 1990, 1216-1229. 1,431 trait adjectives grouped into 75 clusters gave nearly identical structures across ten replications with different factor-analytic methods. 479 common trait terms in 133 synonym clusters gave the same structure in two self-rating and two peer-rating samples, with no factor beyond the fifth generalising across samples. 100 clusters from 339 terms proposed as markers.
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Goldberg, L. R. (1990). An alternative description of personality: The Big-Five factor structure. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59(6), 1216-1229. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.59.6.1216 https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.59.6.1216