Five-Factor Personality Inventories Have a Competence-Related Higher-Order Factor Due to Item Phrasing

This research examines whether the items of some of the most well-established five-factor inventories refer to competence. Results reveal that both experts and laymen can distinguish between items that refer to how competently a behavior is performed and items that do not (Study 1). Responses to ite...

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Main Authors: Martin Bäckström, Fredrik Björklund, Rebecka Persson, Ariela Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.557544/full