For decades, psychologists strived to understand people and their personalities by defining personality traits. Eventually, most settled on the five-factor model, also known as the big five.

The Five-Factor Model of personality (FFM, see Costa & Widiger, 2002; Widiger & Frances, 2002 for overviews also; also see Winter et al. 1998, for a discussion) represents a multi-trait theory ...

"The Big Five" personality test is one of the most commonly used models by academic psychologists, but its no frills presentation keeps it out of the limelight compared to other more popular tests.

According to the Five-Factor Theory of Personality developed by National Institute on Aging personality psychologists Paul Costa and Robert McCrae, someone's personality is determined by five key ...

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Vol. 51, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE: Personality Development in Childhood and Adolescence (July 2005), pp. 315-334 (20 pages) While there is a general consensus that temperament ...

John W. Lace, Luke N. Evans, Zachary C. Merz, Paul J. Handal, Five-Factor Model Personality Traits and Self-Classified Religiousness and Spirituality, Journal of Religion and Health, Vol. 59, No. 3 ...

“The two factors within the five-factor model of personality most frequently associated with achievement are conscientiousness and openness,” state the authors of the research, led by Thomas ...

The Big Five personality traits are also known as the Five Factor Model (FFM). They provide a framework for understanding distinct characteristics that are part of a person’s personality. While ...

Personality was represented by the modern Five Factor model: N -- Neuroticism, E -- Extraversion, O -Openness to experience, A -- Agreeableness, C -- Conscientiousness.