A Critical Analysis of Big Five Personality Theory

Abstract

Through a lengthy history of conceptual and applied research in a variety of fields, this study aims to give a comprehensive and in-depth overview of the literature on the big five characteristics (BFT). These studies were conducted using large samples of people, groups, and nations. Because the BFT is the model for describing the structure of personality traits that is the most widely accepted, the purpose of this study was to identify them in order to achieve a better understanding of them and so that researchers can take them into consideration when conducting their future studies. The eight most important observations pertaining to the BFT were the primary subject of this review. The significance of the traits, the background of the BFT model, the unity or hierarchy of the traits, the quantity of the traits, the three viewpoints on BFT, the BFT surveys, the relationship between BFT and performance, and the requirement for a sixth feature are these findings. The findings of the study unequivocally shown that there are flaws in universal models, which have a propensity to generalize a constrained number of characteristics in order to provide an interpretation of personality that is applicable across national boundaries and cultural contexts.