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The HEXACO Model of Personality Structure and the Importance of the H Factor
Author(s) -
Ashton Michael C.,
Lee Kibeom
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
social and personality psychology compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.699
H-Index - 53
ISSN - 1751-9004
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2008.00134.x
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , social psychology , facet (psychology) , representation (politics) , dimension (graph theory) , materialism , variety (cybernetics) , big five personality traits , honesty , epistemology , statistics , politics , political science , pure mathematics , law , philosophy , mathematics
We give a brief summary of recent research on the structure of personality characteristics, describing the six‐dimensional ‘HEXACO’ model that has emerged as the most accurate representation of that structure. We then discuss the importance of personality as a predictor of socially important criteria, describing a variety of examples involving the Honesty–Humility (H) factor. The H dimension, alone or in combination with other factors of the HEXACO model, is related inversely to a wide array of criteria, including criminal activity and other unethical behaviors as well as materialistic and power‐seeking tendencies.