Five-factor personality inventories have a competence-related higher-order factor due to item phrasing
(2020) In Frontiers in Psychology- Abstract
- This research examines whether the items of some of the most well-established five-factor inventories refer to competence. Results reveal that both experts and laymen can distinguish between items that refer to how competently a behavior is performed and items that do not (Study 1). Responses to items that refer to competence create a higher-order factor in the personality inventories (Study 2), and the variability in responses to competence-related items in personality self-ratings is best modeled as a general factor rather than as also tied to the specific Big Five factors (Studies 3 and 4). We suggest that a focused debate on what personality items should refer to is likely to have considerable positive consequences for both theory and... (More)
- This research examines whether the items of some of the most well-established five-factor inventories refer to competence. Results reveal that both experts and laymen can distinguish between items that refer to how competently a behavior is performed and items that do not (Study 1). Responses to items that refer to competence create a higher-order factor in the personality inventories (Study 2), and the variability in responses to competence-related items in personality self-ratings is best modeled as a general factor rather than as also tied to the specific Big Five factors (Studies 3 and 4). We suggest that a focused debate on what personality items should refer to is likely to have considerable positive consequences for both theory and measurement of personality. (Less)
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- Bäckström, Martin LU ; Björklund, Fredrik LU ; Persson, Rebecka LU and Costa, Ariela LU
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- 2020-11-26
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- keywords
- personality, competence, traits, Big Five, higher-order factors
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- Frontiers in Psychology
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- 3211
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- 18 pages
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- Frontiers Media S. A.
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- scopus:85097401526
- pmid:33324276
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- 1664-1078
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- 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.557544
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- English
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