Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1993 · 92 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesBehavioral SciencesPsychologyIndividual DifferencesPersonality PsychologyPsychometricsLatent Trait ModelingPersonality AssessmentPersonality TraitsPsychological TestingTrait StructureTrait TheoryBig Five Personality ModelBig Five Personality TraitsEysenck Personality TheoryEysenckian Personality TheoryFacet TheoryPersonality Structure ModelsPersonality Trait StructureQuestionnaire Validity
The study compares the major factors of three personality models: Eysenck’s Three‑Factor model, Costa and McCrae’s Big Five, and Zuckerman and Kuhlman’s Alternative Five. The authors aim to develop a questionnaire for the Alternative Five and assess its reliability. They first created and tested the Alternative Five questionnaire, then performed factor analysis to compare its factors with those of the other two models. Extraversion and Neuroticism were consistent across all models, while Psychoticism combined Conscientiousness and Impulsive Sensation Seeking, Agreeableness and Aggression‑Hostility formed a fourth factor, Openness did not converge, and overall four of five factors converged across at least two models.
The major factors from 3 models of personality are compared: Eysenck's Three Factor model, Costa and McCrae's version of the Big Five, and Zuckerman and Kuhlman's Alternative Five. The 1st study describes the development of a questionnaire measure for the Alternative Five and the reliability assessments of the scales. The 2nd study used factor analysis to compare the factors among the scales from the 3 models. Extraversion and Neuroticism were quite similar across all 3 models. Eysenck's Psychoticism scale marked a factor that included Conscientiousness and Impulsive Sensation Seeking factors from the other 2 models. Agreeableness and Aggression-Hostility formed a 4th factor. Openness could be identified as a factor using facet scales, but it showed no convergence with other factors. Four of the five factors showed convergence across at least 2 of the models.