Between facets and domains: 10 aspects of the Big Five.

Abstract

Factor analyses of 75 facet scales from 2 major Big Five inventories, in the Eugene-Springfield community sample (N=481), produced a 2-factor solution for the 15 facets in each domain. These findings indicate the existence of 2 distinct (but correlated) aspects within each of the Big Five, representing an intermediate level of personality structure between facets and domains. The authors characterized these factors in detail at the item level by correlating factor scores with the International Personality Item Pool (L. R. Goldberg, 1999). These correlations allowed the construction of a 100-item measure of the 10 factors (the Big Five Aspect Scales [BFAS]), which was validated in a 2nd sample (N=480). Finally, the authors examined the correlations of the 10 factors with scores derived from 10 genetic factors that a previous study identified underlying the shared variance among the Revised NEO Personality Inventory facets (K. L. Jang et al., 2002). The correspondence was strong enough to suggest that the 10 aspects of the Big Five may have distinct biological substrates.

Coping with University Education: The relationships of Time Management Behaviour and Work Engagement with the Five Factor Model Aspects

“…In contrast, Time Management Behaviour represents a selfregulatory behaviour, the means by which students arrange their work in the most efficient way. In support of this finding, we found that TMB was best accounted for by Industriousness (C) and Orderliness (C), traits by which individuals prefer to pursue their goals actively and keep their goals well organised as they do so (DeYoung et al, 2007).According to cybernetic theory, traits provide the controls to direct self-regulatory processes in pursuit of goals. The study reported above provides some evidence that students higher in Conscientiousness and Openness/Intellect in particular, might be more effective at initiating the self-regulatory strategies that confer the possibility of better achievement at university.…”

“…Woods and Sofat (2013) examined the aspects of Extraversion in their study and found that Assertiveness was significantly and positively associated with work engagement. While Assertiveness indicates a personality that takes charge and is quick to act, Enthusiasm describes an individual who enjoys having fun with lots of people (DeYoung et al, 2007). This suggests that work engagement is more likely to be related to Assertiveness than Enthusiasm.…”

“…However, more than two levels can be identified (Digman, 1997), including a level between the domains and the facets, referred to as "aspects" (DeYoung et al, 2007). Agreeableness has the aspects of Politeness and Compassion;Conscientiousness has the aspects of Industriousness and Orderliness; Extraversion facets are Enthusiasm and Assertiveness; Neuroticism has Volatility and Withdrawal as aspects; and the Openness/Intellect domain consists of the aspects called (rather confusingly) Openness and Intellect (DeYoung et al, 2007). The advantage of the aspect-level traits as opposed to the facets is that they are broader and more parsimonious, while still allowing trait differentiation within the big five domains.…”

“…The Five Factor Model (FFM) is arguably the current dominant paradigm in personality, and consists of five factors labelled Agreeableness (A), Conscientiousness (C), Extraversion (E), Neuroticism (N), and Openness/Intellect (O/I) (Costa & McCrae, 1992, 1995Digman, 1990; Goldberg & Rosolack, 1994;Norman, 1963). This model has also been referred to as the Big Five or the Five-Factor approach (DeYoung, Quilty, & Peterson, 2007). …”

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“…Agreeableness is a broad dimension of personality that reflects a wide range of cooperative and affiliative behaviors; in the NEO-PI-R representation of personality, for example, Agreeableness comprises 6 narrower 'facets' that some researchers conceptualize as distinct aspects of Politeness and Compassion (DeYoung et al, 2007). We hypothesized that the trait and trait-by-situation effects we observed were likely to be driven primarily by the facets related to compassion for other people (Trust, Altruism, and TenderMindedness) rather than the facets associated with acquiescence and politeness (Straightforwardness, Compliance, and Modesty).…”