Modeling Personality Structure Using Semantic Relationships: Is the HEXACO Honesty-Humility a Distinct Trait?
Background. Although the Big Five model (BFM) of personality has been the dominant paradigm in personality research since the mid-1990s, it has recently been challenged by the HEXACO model, which contains an additional factor called Honesty-Humility. Since both these models of personality were devel...
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| description | Background. Although the Big Five model (BFM) of personality has been the dominant paradigm in personality research since the mid-1990s, it has recently been challenged by the HEXACO model, which contains an additional factor called Honesty-Humility. Since both these models of personality were developed using the same factor analytic techniques, there has been an ongoing but inconclusive debate about the relative merits of these competing models.
Objective. Tis paper assesses the robustness of the Honesty-Humility trait using a technique based on the semantic relationships between personality
trait adjectives.
Design. Trait marker adjectives for the HEXACO Honesty-Humility and BFM Agreeableness and Neuroticism personality domains in the English language are translated into, and back-translated from, six Asian languages to generate lists of closely related trait terms known as schedonyms. Te numbers of schedonyms found within and across the three personality domains are then compared, to determine whether the HEXACO Honesty-Humility
factor is semantically distinct from the BFM traits of Agreeableness and Neuroticism.
Results. Our fndings indicate that the Honesty-Humility trait domain is semantically distinct from the BFM traits of Agreeableness and Neuroticism, and therefore that there is at least one more personality trait beyond the BFM. Te implications of these fndings, and the potential applications of this
semantically-based technique for establishing the universal structure of the human personality, are briefy discussed.
Conclusion. Our semantic analysis provides clear evidence that there is an Honesty-Humility trait domain in addition to the Agreeableness and Neuroticism traits, and therefore that HEXACO provides a better description of human personality than the BFM. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d9a419c5e96e48a683e772940702f3822022-12-21T18:54:06ZengM.V. Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityPsychology in Russia: State of Art2074-68572307-22022019-03-011218910310.11621/pir.2019.0107Modeling Personality Structure Using Semantic Relationships: Is the HEXACO Honesty-Humility a Distinct Trait?C. M. Hew D. Gill0Elizaveta Berezina1Sunway University, MalaysiaSunway University, MalaysiaBackground. Although the Big Five model (BFM) of personality has been the dominant paradigm in personality research since the mid-1990s, it has recently been challenged by the HEXACO model, which contains an additional factor called Honesty-Humility. Since both these models of personality were developed using the same factor analytic techniques, there has been an ongoing but inconclusive debate about the relative merits of these competing models. Objective. Tis paper assesses the robustness of the Honesty-Humility trait using a technique based on the semantic relationships between personality trait adjectives. Design. Trait marker adjectives for the HEXACO Honesty-Humility and BFM Agreeableness and Neuroticism personality domains in the English language are translated into, and back-translated from, six Asian languages to generate lists of closely related trait terms known as schedonyms. Te numbers of schedonyms found within and across the three personality domains are then compared, to determine whether the HEXACO Honesty-Humility factor is semantically distinct from the BFM traits of Agreeableness and Neuroticism. Results. Our fndings indicate that the Honesty-Humility trait domain is semantically distinct from the BFM traits of Agreeableness and Neuroticism, and therefore that there is at least one more personality trait beyond the BFM. Te implications of these fndings, and the potential applications of this semantically-based technique for establishing the universal structure of the human personality, are briefy discussed. Conclusion. Our semantic analysis provides clear evidence that there is an Honesty-Humility trait domain in addition to the Agreeableness and Neuroticism traits, and therefore that HEXACO provides a better description of human personality than the BFM.http://psychologyinrussia.com/volumes/pdf/2019_1/psych_1_2019_7_Gill.pdfBig Five Model (BFM)HEXACOHonestyHumility (H6)AgreeablenessNeuroticismschedonymslexical argumentprivate language argumentAsian languagespersonality traits |
| spellingShingle | C. M. Hew D. Gill Elizaveta Berezina Modeling Personality Structure Using Semantic Relationships: Is the HEXACO Honesty-Humility a Distinct Trait? Psychology in Russia: State of Art Big Five Model (BFM) HEXACO HonestyHumility (H6) Agreeableness Neuroticism schedonyms lexical argument private language argument Asian languages personality traits |
| title | Modeling Personality Structure Using Semantic Relationships: Is the HEXACO Honesty-Humility a Distinct Trait? |
| title_full | Modeling Personality Structure Using Semantic Relationships: Is the HEXACO Honesty-Humility a Distinct Trait? |
| title_fullStr | Modeling Personality Structure Using Semantic Relationships: Is the HEXACO Honesty-Humility a Distinct Trait? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modeling Personality Structure Using Semantic Relationships: Is the HEXACO Honesty-Humility a Distinct Trait? |
| title_short | Modeling Personality Structure Using Semantic Relationships: Is the HEXACO Honesty-Humility a Distinct Trait? |
| title_sort | modeling personality structure using semantic relationships is the hexaco honesty humility a distinct trait |
| topic | Big Five Model (BFM) HEXACO HonestyHumility (H6) Agreeableness Neuroticism schedonyms lexical argument private language argument Asian languages personality traits |
| url | http://psychologyinrussia.com/volumes/pdf/2019_1/psych_1_2019_7_Gill.pdf |
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