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An Introduction to the Five‐Factor Model and Its Applications
Author(s) -
McCrae Robert R.,
John Oliver P.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1992.tb00970.x
Subject(s) - agreeableness , openness to experience , psychology , hierarchical structure of the big five , conscientiousness , personality , extraversion and introversion , big five personality traits , neuroticism , big five personality traits and culture , facet (psychology) , social psychology , alternative five model of personality
The five‐factor model of personality is a hierarchical organization of personality traits in terms of five basic dimensions: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience. Research using both natural language adjectives and theoretically based personality questionnaires supports the comprehensiveness of the model and its applicability across observers and cultures. This article summarizes the history of the model and its supporting evidence; discusses conceptions of the nature of the factors; and outlines an agenda for theorizing about the origins and operation of the factors. We argue that the model should prove useful both for individual assessment and for the elucidation of a number of topics of interest to personality psychologists.