Showing papers on "Revised NEO Personality Inventory published in 1999"
TL;DR: This article found that there appear to be declines in three of the five major factors of personality, Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Openness, and increases in Agreeableness and Conscientiousness between college age and middle adulthood.
Abstract: Both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies in the United States have shown consistent changes between college age and middle adulthood. There appear to be declines in 3 of the 5 major factors of personality--Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Openness--and increases in Agreeableness and Conscientiousness. To examine cross-cultural generalizability of these findings, translations of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory were administered to samples in Germany, Italy, Portugal, Croatia, and South Korea (N = 7,363). Similar patterns of age differences were seen in each country, for both men and women. Common trends were also seen for the more specific traits that define the major factors. Because these nations differ substantially in culture and recent history, results suggest the hypothesis that these are universal maturational changes in adult personality.
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TL;DR: Results support the uniqueness of the alexithymia construct, which is represented by a cluster of traits across the dimensions and facets of the five-factor model (FFM) of personality.
Abstract: The relation between alexithymia and both the domain and the facet level of the five-factor model (FFM) of personality was examined in a sample of 101 university students by using the Twenty-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20; Bagby, Taylor, & Parker, 1994) and the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (Costa & McCrae, 1992c). Consistent with the alexithymia construct, the TAS-20 was positively correlated with Neuroticism (N) and negatively correlated with Extraversion (E) and Openness (O), whereas no significant relations were found with Agreeableness (A) and Conscientiousness (C). Analysis of the lower order traits (i.e., facets) of the FFM revealed that depression for N; positive emotions and assertiveness for E; feelings and actions for O; altruism, tender-mindedness, and modesty for A; and competence for C predicted alexithymia. These results support the uniqueness of the alexithymia construct, which is represented by a cluster of traits across the dimensions and facets of the FFM.
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TL;DR: The Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) as mentioned in this paper is a measure of the 5-factor model developed on volunteer samples in the United States and was used for assessment of personality among Chinese psychiatric patients.
Abstract: The Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) is a measure of the 5-factor model developed on volunteer samples in the United States. To examine its validity in a non-Western, psychiatric sample, an existing Chinese translation was modified for use in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The instrument was administered to 2,000 psychiatric in- and outpatients at 13 sites throughout the PRC. Internal consistency was low for some facet scales, but retest reliability was adequate and the hypothesized factor structure was clearly recovered. Correlations with age. California Psychological Inventory scales, and spouse ratings supported the validity of NEO-PI-R scales, and diagnostic subgroups showed meaningful personality profiles. The 5-factor model appears to be useful for the assessment of personality among Chinese psychiatric patients.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined whether the factor structure and traits of the five-factor model of personality (FFM), derived from non-clinical samples, could be replicated in a sample of psychiatric patients.
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TL;DR: It is demonstrated that allelic frequency of 5-HTTLPR in Japanese subjects was considerably different from that in Caucasians, and no significant differences were found in the anxiety-related personality traits among genotypes, while cooperativeness in TCI showed a significant difference among genotype.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined predictors of suicidal ideation within the taxonomic framework provided by the five-factor model of personality in a sample of young adults (N =185).
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TL;DR: This study examines the internal consistency and temporal stability of informant ratings from two widely used instruments for normal personality assessment, the revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) and the Interpersonal Adjective Scales (IAS).
Abstract: This study examines the internal consistency and temporal stability of informant ratings from two widely used instruments for normal personality assessment, the revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) and the Interpersonal Adjective Scales (IAS). Well-known adult targets were selected by 109 undergraduate students and rated on two occasions separated by a 6-month interval. With few exceptions, estimates of internal consistency are adequate to good for both instruments. NEO PI-R domain scores yield coefficient alphas ranging from .89 to .96, with a median of .80 for the 30 facet scales. IAS octant scales show coefficient alphas ranging from .83 to .92. Retest Pearson correlations are above .70 for each of the NEO PI-R domain scores and both IAS axis coordinates, and intraclass correlations are above .60 for all scales from both instruments. Score changes were small but statistically significant for three of the five NEO PI-R domains at retest. The retest stability of IAS type classifications varies as a function of the extremity of the associated octant scores.
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TL;DR: In this article, a two-study design was used to examine the relationship between Holland's vocational interest types, personality characteristics, and abilities, concluding that assessment of all three domains of interests, abilities, and personality has several advantages for assisting cl...
Abstract: A two-study design was used to examine the relationship between Holland's vocational interest types, personality characteristics, and abilities. Study 1 consisted of 139 individuals (48 men and 91 women) who participated in a vocational assessment exercise. They completed the Self-Directed Search, the revised NEO Personality Inventory, and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—Revised. Study 2 consisted of 669 men and 206 women employed in the finance industry who completed the SDS, the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory, and a measure of general abilities, the PL-PQ. In both studies conceptually similar vocational interests and personality were found to be empirically related. A weak to moderate relationship was observed between general abilities and Investigative interests and between general abilities and the personality characteristics of Openness to Experience and Intuition. It was concluded that assessment of all three domains of interests, abilities, and personality has several advantages for assisting cl...
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TL;DR: The relationship between Hopelessness and personality variables was studied in this article, where participants completed the revised NEO personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) and BHS and found that hopelessness was positively predicted by Neuroticism and negatively predicted by extraversion and conscientiousness.
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TL;DR: The authors evaluated the psychometric properties of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) in a mostly African American clinical sample and determined if these qualities provided useful information about their motivational characteristics that were germane to treatment.
Abstract: This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) in a mostly African American clinical sample and determined if these qualities provided useful information about their motivational characteristics that were germane to treatment. Eighty-two men and 50 women entered a 6-week outpatient drug rehabilitation program, completed the NEO-PI-R, and received counselor ratings of personality at admission. The 99 who finished the program completed a 2nd NEO-PI-R. Counselors provided ratings of treatment responsiveness. The cross-observer, cross-method, cross-time correlations indicated that the NEO-PI-R can be a useful tool for organizing clinical information about clients.
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TL;DR: Although changes in neuroticism and extraversion were significantly correlated with change in depression severity, Anger-Hostility and Gregariousness personality scores were not, and changes in these personality traits were not attributable to a non-specific effect of medication on changes in Depression severity.
Abstract: Recent investigations suggest that serotonergic mechanisms modulate dimensions of personality, in particular decreases in Anger-Hostility and increases in Affiliation. None of these studies, however, demonstrated a specific serotonergic effect on personality, as other neurotransmitter systems have not been assessed for their impact on these personality dimensions. In this study, 76 depressed outpatients were treated with either the noradrenergic antidepressant desipramine (n = 38) or a selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (paroxetine or sertraline) (n = 38) over a period of 8-14 weeks. Personality scores were measured pre- and post-treatment using the revised NEO Personality Inventory, which measures five basic dimensions of personality, with subscales assessing Anger-Hostility and Affiliation (Gregariousness). There was a significant decrease in Neuroticism and Anger-Hostility, and a significant increase in Extraversion and Gregariousness following antidepressant treatment. Although changes in neuroticism and extraversion were significantly correlated with change in depression severity, Anger-Hostility and Gregariousness personality scores were not. Therefore, changes in these personality traits were not attributable to a non-specific effect of medication on changes in depression severity. There were no significant differences in personality change scores between the antidepressant treatment groups. Thus, while antidepressants may have a direct effect on neurochemical pathways relevant to personality, independent of changes in depression severity, these effects cannot be directly or specifically attributed to a serotonergic mechanism.
TL;DR: This study tested Maddi and Khoshaba's 1994 hypothesis that Hardiness is an index of mental health by testing a sample of 241 undergraduates completed the Dispositional Resilience Scale, the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, and the Psychopathology–5 Scales and indicated that the tested hypothesis was supported.
Abstract: This study tested Maddi and Khoshaba's 1994 hypothesis that Hardiness is an index of mental health. A sample of 241 undergraduates (103 men and 138 women) completed the Dispositional Resilience Scale, the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, and the Psychopathology–5 Scales. Using the individual median scores on the three subscales (Commitment, Control, and Challenge) of the Dispositional Resilience Scale, the High Hardiness group was obtained by identifying the individuals who scored above the medians on all the three subscales, whereas the Low Hardiness group were those who scored consistently below the medians on all the three subscales. Multivariate analysis of variance performed for the two hardiness groups using the scales from each personality inventory indicated that the two groups had significantly different mean profiles on the NEO Personality Inventory as well as the Psychopathology–5 Scales. Combined discriminant function analysis performed for the two hardiness groups using all the 10 scales fr...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe normative personality characteristics of U.S. Air Force pilots based on the Revised NEO Personality Inventory profiles of 1,301 student pilots and find that male student pilots had higher levels of extraversion and openness and lower levels of agreeableness compared with female adult norms.
Abstract: The study of pilot personality characteristics has a long and controversial history. Personality characteristics seem to be fairly poor predictors of training outcome; however, valid personality assessment is essential to clinical psychological evaluations. Therefore, the personality characteristics of pilots must be studied to ensure valid clinical assessment. This paper describes normative personality characteristics of U.S. Air Force pilots based on the Revised NEO Personality Inventory profiles of 1,301 U.S. Air Force student pilots. Compared with male adult norms, male student pilots had higher levels of extraversion and lower levels of agreeableness. Compared with female adult norms, female student pilots had higher levels of extraversion and openness and lower levels of agreeableness. Descriptive statistics and percentile tables for the five domain scores and 30 facet scores are provided for clinical use, and a case vignette is provided as an example of the clinical utility of these U.S. Air Force norms.
TL;DR: It is concluded that seasonality and neuroticism are not the same construct, even though the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism is a genetic risk factor for each.
TL;DR: The comprehensiveness but not the generality of the five-factor model of personality as applied to personality disorders was tested and Neuroticism, Extraversion, Disagreeableness, and Conscientiousness were identified.
Abstract: Summary.-This study tested the and comprehensiveness of the fivefactor model of personahty as applied to the Personality Adjective Checklist's (Strack, 1987) personality disorder scales. A sample of 258 undergraduates (113 men and 145 women) completed the Personality Adjective ChecUst, the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, and the Psychopathology-5 Scales for partial course credit. A combined principal axis analysis with varimax rotation was performed for nonoverlapping scales of the Personality Adjective Checklist, the Revised NEO Personality Inventory domain scales and the Psychopathology-5 scales. The results indicated four factors which were identified as Neuroticism, Extraversion, Disagreeableness, and Conscientiousness. Openness did not emerge as a separate factor. These results supported the comprehensiveness but not the generality of the five-factor model as applied to personality disorders. The last decade has witnessed a great deal of research interest in the structure of personahty disorders from the perspective of the five-factor model of personahty which consists of Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness as the five major factors. For example, Wiggins and Pincus (1989) conducted a principal components analysis for the personality disorder scales from the Personahty Adjective Checbst (Strack, 1987) and the MMPI Personahty-Disorder Scales (Morey, Waugh, & Blashfield, 1985) along with the NEO Personality Inventory (Costa & McCrae, 1985) domain scales and the Revised Interpersonal Adjective Scales (Trapnell & Wiggins, 1990). The five factors were interpreted as the five major personality factors. In another study, Schroeder, Wormworth, and Livesley (1992) performed a factor analysis for the personality disorder scales from the Dimensional Attribution of Pathology-Basic Questionnaire (Livesley, Jackson, & Schroeder, 1989) and the NEO Personahty Inventory scales and concluded that personahty pathology can be reasonably we1 explained in terms of four major factors, namely, Extraversion, Neuroticism, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness, and that Openness did not emerge as a separate factor. Finally, Clark, Vohries, and McEwen (1994) performed a combined factor analysis for the personality disorder scales from the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (Clark, 1993) along with the