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Factor Analysis Of Personality

Factor Analysis of Personality is a statistical method used in personality psychology that identifies underlying dimensions of personality by reducing a large set of intercorrelated variables into a smaller number of latent factors that account for observed behavioral traits.

1.7K

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186.3K

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3.6K

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1.3K

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2017–2026

210

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Publications

1.7K

The Application of Electronic Computers to Factor Analysis

Henry F. Kaiser · Educational and Psychological Measurement · 1960 · 12.2K citations

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The development of markers for the Big-Five factor structure.

Lewis R. Goldberg · Psychological Assessment · 1992 · 5.2K citations

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The Five Factor Model and impulsivity: using a structural model of personality to understand impulsivity

Stephen P. Whiteside, Donald R. Lynam · Personality and Individual Differences · 2001 · 4.1K citations

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Personality trait structure as a human universal.

Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa · American Psychologist · 1997 · 3.8K citations

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Four ways five factors are basic

Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae · Personality and Individual Differences · 1992 · 3.4K citations

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Authors

3.6K

  1. RB
    Raymond B. Cattell

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    49 publications · 5K citations

    27

    h-index

  2. RR
    Robert R. McCrae

    National Institute on Aging, United States

    22 publications · 11.8K citations

    21

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  3. DR
    Donald R. Lynam

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    23 publications · 6.6K citations

    19

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  4. PT
    Paul T. Costa

    National Institute on Aging, United States

    20 publications · 11.5K citations

    19

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  5. JD
    Joshua D. Miller

    University of Georgia, United States

    21 publications · 2.9K citations

    19

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Institutions

1.3K

  1. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    26 h-index

    44 publications

    6.6K citations

  2. Western University

    London, Canada

    25 h-index

    71 publications

    6.9K citations

  3. National Institute on Aging

    Baltimore, United States

    21 h-index

    38 publications

    21.5K citations

  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    21 h-index

    47 publications

    4.2K citations

  5. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    19 h-index

    48 publications

    6.1K citations

  6. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    18 h-index

    38 publications

    5.8K citations

  7. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    17 h-index

    33 publications

    3.5K citations

  8. University of Illinois System

    Urbana, United States

    17 h-index

    31 publications

    13.9K citations

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Venues

  1. Personality and Individual Differences

    147 publications · 18.7K citations

    53

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  2. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    62 publications · 14K citations

    46

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  3. European Journal of Personality

    56 publications · 5.1K citations

    39

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  4. Journal of Personality Assessment

    74 publications · 4.3K citations

    36

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  5. Journal of Personality

    35 publications · 8.4K citations

    29

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