From catalog to classification: Murray's needs and the five-factor model.

Validation of the five-factor model of personality across instruments and observers.

Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1987 · 6K citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +17

Negative affectivity: The disposition to experience aversive emotional states.

David Watson, Lee Anna Clark · Psychological Bulletin · 1984 · 4.6K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +11

Toward an adequate taxonomy of personality attributes: Replicated factor structure in peer nomination personality ratings.

Warren T. Norman · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1963 · 2.5K citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +17

Personality in adulthood: A six-year longitudinal study of self-reports and spouse ratings on the NEO Personality Inventory.

Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1988 · 1.3K citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +16

Recurrent Personality Factors Based on Trait Ratings

Ernest C. Tupes, Raymond E. Christal · Journal of Personality · 1992 · 1.3K citations

Social Sciences, Psychiatry, Psychology +17