The Big Seven Model: A Cross-Cultural Replication and Further Exploration of the Basic Dimensions of Natural Language Trait Descriptors

The objective of this study was to identify the major lexical dimensions in the Hebrew language and to compare these dimensions with the Big Seven factor structure. A list of 252 trait descriptors was assembled from a Hebrew dictionary, using nonrestrictive criteria similar to those introduced by A....

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 1995-08, Vol.69 (2), p.300-307
Main Authors: Almagor, Moshe, Tellegen, Auke, Waller, Niels G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cross cultural studies
Factor Structure
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Hebrew language
Human
Language
Lexical categories
Linguistics
Natural Language
Personality
Personality Theory
Personality Traits
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Seven factor model
Social psychology
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Summary:The objective of this study was to identify the major lexical dimensions in the Hebrew language and to compare these dimensions with the Big Seven factor structure. A list of 252 trait descriptors was assembled from a Hebrew dictionary, using nonrestrictive criteria similar to those introduced by A. Tellegen and N. G. Waller (1987) . The factor structure recovered from these data largely replicates the Big Seven model. In particular, 2 major evaluative factors emerged, Positive and Negative Valence, which are prominent in the Big Seven but are not represented in the Big Five. Four of the remaining 5 factors also clearly correspond to 4 of the Big Seven dimensions and their counterparts in the Big Five.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.69.2.300