A general factor of personality in the Comrey Personality Scales, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2, and the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire

Contemporary models of personality assume a hierarchical structure in which broader traits contain narrower traits. Individual differences in response styles also constitute a source of score variance. In this study, the bifactor model is applied to separate these sources of variance for personality subscores. The procedure is illustrated using data for two personality inventories—NEO Personality Inventory–Revised and Zuckerman–Kuhlman–Aluja Personality Questionnaire. The inclusion of the acquiescence method factor generally improved the fit to acceptable levels for the Zuckerman–Kuhlman–Aluja Personality Questionnaire, but not for the NEO Personality Inventory–Revised. This effect was higher in subscales where the number of direct and reverse items is not balanced. Loadings on the specific factors were usually smaller than the loadings on the general factor. In some cases, part of the variance was due to domains being different from the main one. This information is of particular interest to researchers as they can identify which subscale scores have more potential to increase predictive validity.

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General Factor of Personality Questionnaire (GFPQ): Only one Factor to Understand Personality?

The Spanish Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1017/s1138741600003644 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 5-17 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Salvador Amigó ◽

Antonio Caselles ◽

Joan C. Micó

Keyword(s):

Emotional Disorders ◽

Sensation Seeking ◽

Personality Factors ◽

General Factor ◽

Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽

Personality Questionnaire ◽

Approach And Avoidance ◽

Sensitivity To Reward ◽

General Factor Of Personality ◽

Sensitivity To Punishment

This study proposes a psychometric approach to assess the General Factor of Personality (GFP) to explain the whole personality. This approach defends the existence of one basic factor that represents the overall personality. The General Factor of Personality Questionnaire (GFPQ) is presented to measure the basic, combined trait of the complete personality. The questionnaire includes 20 items and is constituted by two scales with 10 items each one: the Extraversion Scale (ES) and the Introversion Scale (IS). The GFPQ shows adequate internal consistency and construct validity, while the relationships with the personality factors of other models and with psychopathology are as expected. It correlates positively and significantly with Extraversion (E) and Psychoticism (P), and negatively with Neuroticism (N) of Eysenck's EPQ (Eysenck Personality Questionnaire); it correlates positively and significantly with the Sensation Seeking Scaled (SSS) of Zuckerman, and is inside the expected direction with Sensitivity to Reward (SR) and Sensitivity to Punishment (SP) of the Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire (SPSRQ), which represent the approach and avoidance trends of behavior, respectively. It not only relates negatively with the personality disorders of the anxiety spectrum, but also with the emotional disorders in relation to anxiety and depression, and it relates positively with the antisocial personality disorder.

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Beyond the Big Five: The Dark Triad and the Supernumerary Personality Inventory

Twin Research and Human Genetics ◽

10.1375/twin.14.2.158 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 158-168 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Livia Veselka ◽

Julie Aitken Schermer ◽

Philip A. Vernon

Keyword(s):

Big Five ◽

Genetic Model ◽

Model Fitting ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Dark Triad ◽

General Factor ◽

Factor Analyses ◽

General Factor Of Personality ◽

Big Five Model ◽

Correlated Factors

The Dark Triad of personality, comprising Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy, was investigated in relation to the Supernumerary Personality Inventory (SPI) traits, because both sets of variables are predominantly distinct from the Big Five model of personality. Correlational and principal factor analyses were conducted to assess the relations between the Dark Triad and SPI traits. Multivariate behavioral genetic model-fitting analyses were also conducted to determine the correlated genetic and/or environmental underpinnings of the observed phenotypic correlations. Participants were 358 monozygotic and 98 same-sex dizygotic adult twin pairs from North America. As predicted, results revealed significant correlations between the Dark Triad and most SPI traits, and these correlations were primarily attributable to common genetic and non-shared environmental factors, except in the case of Machiavellianism, where shared environmental effects emerged. Three correlated factors were extracted during joint factor analysis of the Dark Triad and SPI traits, as well as a heritable general factor of personality — results that clarified the structure of the Dark Triad construct. It is concluded that the Dark Triad represents an exploitative and antisocial construct that extends beyond the Big Five model and shares a theoretical space with the SPI traits.

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Adolescent Personality and Two Measures of Response Inconsistency

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.100.1.113-114 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 100 (1) ◽

pp. 113-114 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

K. A. Dawson ◽

J. M. Schuerger

Keyword(s):

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Self Control ◽

Personality Questionnaire ◽

Variable Response ◽

Two Measures ◽

The Relationship ◽

Adolescent Personality

This study examined the relationship between the Response Inconsistency Scale (RINC) of the Adolescent Personality Questionnaire and the Variable Response Inconsistency Scale (VRIN) of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory for Adolescents (MMPI-A) in a group of 62 participants. RINC and VRIN were positively correlated .30 ( p<.01). Additionally, both scales were correlated with five broad personality scales available from the Adolescent Personality Questionnaire. Scores on both inconsistency scales correlated negatively with those on Extraversion, Independence, and Self-control (but the latter two not significantly).

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General Factor of Personality Questionnaire

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t38172-000 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Salvador Amigó ◽

Antonio Caselles ◽

Joan C. Micó

Keyword(s):

General Factor ◽

Personality Questionnaire ◽

General Factor Of Personality

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No Evidence that Social Desirability Response Set Explains the General Factor of Personality and Its Affective Correlates

Twin Research and Human Genetics ◽

10.1375/twin.13.2.131 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 131-134 ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

J. Philippe Rushton ◽

Stephen Erdle

Keyword(s):

Negative Affect ◽

Positive Affect ◽

Social Desirability ◽

Self Esteem ◽

General Factor ◽

Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽

Personality Questionnaire ◽

General Factor Of Personality ◽

Response Set ◽

Before And After

AbstractIn two studies, the General Factor of Personality (GFP) remained intact after controlling for the Lie scale from the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, despite the Lie Scale showing significant correlations with the GFP defining traits. In Study 1, a re-analysis of 29 self-ratings from 322 pairs of twins (644 individuals) yielded a GFP both before and after controlling for social desirability. In Study 2, four measures of affect in 133 university students loaded on a GFP both before and after controlling for social desirability such that those high on the GFP were high in self-esteem and positive affect and low in depression and negative affect. These results join those from other studies failing to find evidence that the GFP is merely an artifact of evaluative bias.

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