Abstract
To integrate the 5-dimensional simple-structure and circumplex models of personality, the Abridged Big Five Dimensional Circumplex (AB5C) taxonomy of personality traits was developed, consisting of the 10 circumplexes that can be formed by pitting each of the Big Five factors against one another. The model maps facets of the Big Five dimensions as blends of 2 factors. An application to data consisting of 636 self-ratings and peer ratings on 540 personality trait adjectives yielded 34 well-defined facets out of a possible 45. The AB5C solution is compared with simple-structure and lower dimensional circumplex solutions, and its integrative and corrective potential are discussed, as well as its limitations.
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PsychologyTraitBig Five personality traitsPersonalityBig Five personality traits and cultureSocial psychologyFacet (psychology)Simple (philosophy)EpistemologyComputer science
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- 1992
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- 63
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- 1
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- 146-163
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Willem Hofstee,
Boele De Raad,
L Goldberg
(1992).
Integration of the Big Five and circumplex approaches to trait structure..
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
, 63
(1)
, 146-163.
https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.63.1.146
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- 10.1037//0022-3514.63.1.146