Personality Structure 1 Recurrent Personality Dimensions in Inclusive Lexical Studies: Indications for a Big Six Structure

Previous evidence for both the Big Five and alternative six-factor model has been drawn from lexical studies with relatively narrow selections of attributes. This study examined factors from previous lexical studies using a wider selection of attributes, in seven languages (Chinese, English, Filipino, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, and Turkish), and found six recurrent factors, each with common conceptual content across most of the studies. The previous narrow-selection-based six-factor model outperformed the Big Five in capturing the content of the six recurrent wide-band factors. Adjective markers of the six recurrent wide-band factors showed substantial incremental prediction of important criterion variables, over and above the Big Five. Correspondence between wide-band six and narrow-band six factors indicate they are variants of a ‘Big Six’ model that is more general across variable-selection procedures and may be more general across languages and