Abstract
We identified 1746 personality-relevant trait-adjectives in a Romanian dictionary, of which 412 were classified as descriptors of dispositions by 10 judges. Self-ratings were collected from 515 participants on those 412 adjectives, and the ratings were factored using principal components analysis. Solutions with different numbers of factors were analysed. The two- and three-factor solutions, respectively, confirmed the Big Two and Big Three of personality traits. A five-factor solution reflected the Big Five model with a fifth factor emphasising Rebelliousness versus Conventionality. The five-factor solution was related to the International Personality Item Pool-Big Five scales, and the highest correlations were indeed between the corresponding factors and scales. A six-factor solution was indicative of the six-factor model as expressed in the HEXACO model, yet with a weak Honesty-Humility factor. Additional analysis with self-ratings from 218 participants on marker-scales for the six-factor solution and on the six scales of the HEXACO did not produce a clear one-to-one correspondence between the two sets of scales, confirming indeed that the six-factor model was only partially found.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 377-387 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | International Journal of Psychology |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun-2019 |
Keywords
- Trait-taxonomy
- Personality structure
- Psycho-lexical approach
- HIGHER-ORDER FACTORS
- DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES
- DIMENSIONS
- BIG-5
- LANGUAGE
- GENDER
- MODEL