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Robust inference and widespread genetic correlates from a large-scale genetic association study of human personality

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Schwaba T   +137 more
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Person To Person

Contemporary Sociology, 1990
When we engage in a relationship with another person in ‘real life’—whether that relationship is one of love, hate, work, play or duty— we are often able to think simultaneously on two levels. We may be using certain words to create an effect—such as affection, anger, co-operation, competi­tiveness, or responsibility—but at the same time privately ...
Elizabeth Webby   +10 more
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An alternative "description of personality": the big-five factor structure.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1990
In the 45 years since Cattell used English trait terms to begin the formulation of his "description of personality," a number of investigators have proposed an alternative structure based on 5 orthogonal factors.
L. R. Goldberg
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Motivation and Personality

, 1954
Perspectives on Sexuality Sex Research - an Overview Part 1. Biological Perspectives: Sexual Anatomy 1. Sexual Physiology 2. Human Reproduction 3. Birth Control 4. Abortion Part 2. Developmental Perspectives: Childhood Sexuality 5. Adolescent Sexuality 6.
A. Maslow
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A social-cognitive approach to motivation and personality

, 1988
Past work has documented and described major patterns of adaptive and maladaptive behavior: the mastery-oriented and the helpless patterns. In this article, we present a research-based model that accounts for these patterns in terms of underlying ...
C. Dweck, E. L. Leggett
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THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS AND JOB PERFORMANCE: A META-ANALYSIS

, 1991
This study investigated the relation of the “Big Five” personality dimensions (Extraversion, Emotional Stability, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Openness to Experience) to three job performance criteria (job proficiency, training proficiency, and ...
Murray R. Barrick, M. Mount
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Validation of the five-factor model of personality across instruments and observers.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1987
Two data sources--self-reports and peer ratings--and two instruments--adjective factors and questionnaire scales--were used to assess the five-factor model of personality.
R. McCrae, P. Costa
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