Big Five Factors of Personality and Replicated Predictions of Behavior

Measures of the Big Five factors of personality were used to predict a variety of criterion variables thought to represent behaviors of some social and cultural significance (e.g., alcohol consumption, grade point average). Analyses focused on replicated predictions across 2 independent samples of p...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 2003-02, Vol.84 (2), p.411-424
Main Author: Paunonen, Sampo V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Construct Validity
Female
Five Factor Personality Model
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Human behaviour
Humans
Male
Nonverbal Communication
Personality
Personality Inventory
Personality Measures
Personality traits
Personality. Affectivity
Prediction
Prospective Studies
Psychological tests
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Questionnaires
Reproducibility of Results
Social Behavior
Social psychology
Test Validity
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Summary:Measures of the Big Five factors of personality were used to predict a variety of criterion variables thought to represent behaviors of some social and cultural significance (e.g., alcohol consumption, grade point average). Analyses focused on replicated predictions across 2 independent samples of participants ( N s = 276 and 142) with 3 different measures of the Big Five (the NEO Five-Factor Inventory, the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, and the Five-Factor Nonverbal Personality Questionnaire, the latter an experimental nonverbal personality inventory). The results indicated substantial consistency in behavior predictions across the different Big Five assessments. The data are interpreted as supporting both the construct validity of the personality measures used and the role of the Big Five factors as determinants of certain complex behaviors.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.84.2.411