The Substantive Nature Of Psycholexical Personality Factors: A Comparison Across Languages

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2002

Published In

Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology

Abstract

The psycholexical approach to personality structure in American English has led to the Big Five factors. The present study considers whether this result is similar or different in other languages. Instead of placing the usual emphasis on quantitative indices, this study examines the substantive nature of the factors. Six studies in European languages were used to develop a taxonomy of content categories. The English translations of the relevant terms were then classified under this taxonomy. The results support the generality of Big Five Factor III (Conscientiousness). Factors IV (Emotional Stability) and V (Intellect) generally did not cohere. Factors I (Extraversion) and II (Agreeableness) tended to split when this was necessary to produce 5 factors. The analysis was extended to several additional studies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved)(journal abstract)

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