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Big Five Personality Scales


There are a few scales that measure the Big Five Personality Traits. One acronym is the word OCEAN. Each letter refers to the first letter of a Big Five personality trait.

Scientific studies by Paul Costa and Robert McCrae (1998) established a basis for the five factors known by the acronym OCEAN, which I refer to below.


See Big Five Personality Theory for more details and references.

 

O- Openness to experience includes curiosity, imagination, and creativity. People high in this trait appreciate complexity and originality and enjoy new experiences.

 

C- Conscientiousness describes behavior patterns of self-control and acting in socially acceptable ways. People high in conscientiousness are dependable, work within rules, plan and organize effectively, and have a strong degree of gratification. 

 

E- Extroversion  (aka extraversion) is often considered along with introversion. In a sense, the dimension identifies where a person finds their energy. Extroverts thrive in the presence of others while introverts need to withdraw from people to restore their souls in solitude. 

 

A- Agreeableness refers to patterns of interactions with others and contrasts with disagreeableness. People might describe those high in agreeableness as altruistic, trusting, modest, humble, patient, tactful, polite, kind, loyal, helpful, sensitive, amiable, cheerful, and considerate.

 

N- Neuroticism refers to emotional stability. Sensitive clinicians reframe this term as Emotional Stability. 


Availability of a Big Five Inventory

Link to a copy of the 44-item Big Five Inventory 

https://fetzer.org/sites/default/files/images/stories/pdf/selfmeasures/Personality-BigFiveInventory.pdf 

Link to a brief online version of the Big Five:  https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/personality-quiz/

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Intelligence and the Big Five

Results showed that openness (ρ = .20) and neuroticism (ρ = −.09) were the strongest Big Five correlates of intelligence and that openness correlated more with crystallized than fluid intelligence. At the facet level, traits related to intellectual engagement and unconventionality were more strongly related to intelligence than other openness facets, and sociability and orderliness were negatively correlated with intelligence. Facets of gregariousness and excitement seeking had stronger negative correlations, and openness to aesthetics, feelings, and values had stronger positive correlations with crystallized than fluid intelligence. Facets explained more than twice the variance of domains.

(Anglim et al. 2022)

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Spirituality and the Big Five

Ashton and Lee (2021) reported a positive relationship between religiosity and Big Five traits of agreeableness and conscientiousness.


Resource Link:  A – Z Test Index


Big Five References

Anglim, J., Dunlop, P. D., Wee, S., Horwood, S., Wood, J. K., & Marty, A. (2022). Personality and intelligence: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 148(5–6), 301–336. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000373.supp (Supplemental)

Ashton, M. C., & Lee, K. (2021). A review of personality/religiousness associations. Current Opinion in Psychology, 40, 51–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.08.023

Costa, P. T., Jr., & McCrae, R. R. (1998). Trait theories of personality. In D. F. Barone, M. Hersen, & V. B. Van Hasselt (Eds.), The Plenum series in social/clinical psychology: Advanced personality (p. 103–121). Plenum Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8580-4_5

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I created this Big Five Chart with an easy reference to the Domains and Facets 

CLICK   DOWNLOAD    for a pdf copy of the chart below



FIVE DOMAINS

FACETS

O

Openness to experience

   - closed to new experiences

 

 Ideas

 Fantasy

 Aesthetics

 Actions

 Feelings

 Values


C

Conscientiousness

   - careless, disorganized

 

 Competence 

 Order

 Dutifulness

 Achievement striving

 Self-discipline

 Deliberation

E

Extraversion

   - introversion

 

 Gregariousness

 Assertiveness 

 Activity

 Excitement-seeking 

 Positive emotions 

 Warmth 


A

Agreeableness

   - disagreeableness

 

 Trust

 Straightforwardness

  Altruism

 Compliance

 Modesty

 Tender-mindedness


N

Neuroticism

  - emotional stability

 

Anxiety

Angry hostility

Depression

 Self-consciousness

Impulsiveness

Vulnerability











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