The Big Five Personality Traits and the Life Course: A 45-Year Longitudinal Study

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

Cognitive Science, Behavioral Sciences, Personality Psychology +15

The Global Assessment Scale

Jean Endicott · Archives of General Psychiatry · 1976 · 5K citations

An alternative "description of personality": The Big-Five factor structure.

Lewis R. Goldberg · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1990 · 4.9K citations

Personality Psychology, Education, Factor Analysis +4

An alternative "description of personality": The Big-Five factor structure.

L Goldberg · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1990 · 4.3K citations

Personality Psychology, English Trait Terms, Sociolinguistics +13

Handbook of personality theory and research

Glenn Wilson · Personality and Individual Differences · 1991 · 3.6K citations

Personality Psychology, Psychology, Personality Theory +2