Assessing Facet Level Personality: The Big Five and Personal Values
(2023) PSPR14 20231Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- Previous research suggests that personality and personal values are related constructs with sizeable correlations. However, few previous studies have examined trait-value relations at facet level. Each Big Five trait domain contains several lower-order facets thought to represent the specific contents of the higher-order traits. As a Big Five trait represents an average of its facets, the Big Five can show weaker relations than particular lower-order facets to important outcomes and constructs. To address this issue for trait-value relations, we carried out a correlational study of facets of the Big Five and Schwartz’s values N = 406, sampling via Mturk. Results indicate moderate to strong correlations at the facet-level, with select... (More)
- Previous research suggests that personality and personal values are related constructs with sizeable correlations. However, few previous studies have examined trait-value relations at facet level. Each Big Five trait domain contains several lower-order facets thought to represent the specific contents of the higher-order traits. As a Big Five trait represents an average of its facets, the Big Five can show weaker relations than particular lower-order facets to important outcomes and constructs. To address this issue for trait-value relations, we carried out a correlational study of facets of the Big Five and Schwartz’s values N = 406, sampling via Mturk. Results indicate moderate to strong correlations at the facet-level, with select facets often driving the trait-value relationships. For example, the driving facet between the trait extraversion and the value stimulation was shown to be excitement-seeking r = .91 (error-corrected correlation). To our knowledge, we are also the first study to report moderation analyses of trait-value relations. We found very few significant effects of sex, age or socioeconomic status. We conclude that facet-level traits may be beneficial for understanding the links between Big Five traits and values. The present study echoes recent calls for more widespread facet usage in personality research. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Tidigare forskning indikerar att personlighet och personliga värderingar är relaterade konstrukt med medelstora korrelationer. Dock har få studier undersökt relationer på fasettnivå. Varje ’Big Five’ faktor innehåller en lägre nivå med ett flertal fasetter vilka tros representera faktorns specifika innehåll. Eftersom de fem faktorerna i ’Big Five’ representerar ett medelvärde av sina respektive fasetter så kan de relatera svagare än specifika fasetter till viktiga utfall och konstrukt. För att undersöka fasetter gentemot personliga värderingar utförde vi en tvärsnittstudie N = 406, med ett urval från Mturk där vi korrelerade fasetter i ’Big Five’ och Schwartzs värderingar. Resultaten tyder på medelstarka korrelationer på fasettnivå och att... (More)
- Tidigare forskning indikerar att personlighet och personliga värderingar är relaterade konstrukt med medelstora korrelationer. Dock har få studier undersökt relationer på fasettnivå. Varje ’Big Five’ faktor innehåller en lägre nivå med ett flertal fasetter vilka tros representera faktorns specifika innehåll. Eftersom de fem faktorerna i ’Big Five’ representerar ett medelvärde av sina respektive fasetter så kan de relatera svagare än specifika fasetter till viktiga utfall och konstrukt. För att undersöka fasetter gentemot personliga värderingar utförde vi en tvärsnittstudie N = 406, med ett urval från Mturk där vi korrelerade fasetter i ’Big Five’ och Schwartzs värderingar. Resultaten tyder på medelstarka korrelationer på fasettnivå och att vissa fasetter är drivande för korrelationerna mellan faktorer och värderingar. Exempelvis så verkar fasetten spänningssökande inom extraversion driva faktorns relation till värdet stimulation r = .91. Vi är också först, så vitt vi vet, med att rapportera huruvida korrelationer mellan värden och personlighet modereras av ålder, kön eller socioekonomisk status. Vi hittade få effekter av dessa. Vi drar slutsatsen att fasetter kan vara värdefulla för att bättre förstå kopplingarna mellan personlighet och värderingar. Vår studie ger medhåll till nyliga uppfordringar om att i större utsträckning utnyttja fasetter inom personlighetsforskning. (Less)
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- Karlsson Ahlborg, Fabian LU and Knutsson, Julia LU
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- course
- PSPR14 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- values, personality, Big Five, facets värderingar, personlighet, fasetter
- language
- English
- id
- 9118258
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- 2023-06-02 10:47:41
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abstract = {{Previous research suggests that personality and personal values are related constructs with sizeable correlations. However, few previous studies have examined trait-value relations at facet level. Each Big Five trait domain contains several lower-order facets thought to represent the specific contents of the higher-order traits. As a Big Five trait represents an average of its facets, the Big Five can show weaker relations than particular lower-order facets to important outcomes and constructs. To address this issue for trait-value relations, we carried out a correlational study of facets of the Big Five and Schwartz’s values N = 406, sampling via Mturk. Results indicate moderate to strong correlations at the facet-level, with select facets often driving the trait-value relationships. For example, the driving facet between the trait extraversion and the value stimulation was shown to be excitement-seeking r = .91 (error-corrected correlation). To our knowledge, we are also the first study to report moderation analyses of trait-value relations. We found very few significant effects of sex, age or socioeconomic status. We conclude that facet-level traits may be beneficial for understanding the links between Big Five traits and values. The present study echoes recent calls for more widespread facet usage in personality research.}},
author = {{Karlsson Ahlborg, Fabian and Knutsson, Julia}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Assessing Facet Level Personality: The Big Five and Personal Values}},
year = {{2023}},
}