Personality trait structure as a human universal.

Personality trait structure as a human universal.

Patterns of covariation among personality traits in English-speaking populations can be summarized by the five-factor model (FFM). To assess the cross-cultural generalizability of the FFM, data from studies using 6 translations of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (P.T. Costa & R. R. McCrae, 1992) were compared with the American factor structure. German, Portuguese, Hebrew, Chinese, Korean,...

Personality Trait Identification - A Survey

Personality trait identification is of paramount importance. Personality Traits are stable over time. Individual’s behavior naturally varies somewhat from occasion to occasion but there is a core of consistency which defines the true nature. Traits directly influence behavior. There are several methods for identifying traits. We provide an overview of this body of literature drawing out ample a...

Running head: HUMILITY AS A DESIRABLE PERSONALITY TRAIT 1 Humility as a Desirable Personality Trait and a Construct of Effective Leadership: A Review of the Literature

Social personality trait and fitness.

Several recent studies have explored various aspects of animal personality and their ecological consequences. However, the processes responsible for the maintenance of personality variability within a population are still largely unknown. We have recently demonstrated that social personality traits exist in the common lizard (Lacerta vivipara) and that the variation in sociability provides an e...

Concepts of Trait and Personality

Bibliographies by May and Hartshorne (25), Manson (23), and Roback (34) bear out the statement of G. B. Watson (42) that " It is almost impossible to find a trait for which an adjective exists which has not been approached with some degree of suggestive investigation." Confusion has arisen from the fact that these investigations, with their ambition to determine magnitudes, give only an occasio...