The general factor of personality and creativity: Diverging effects on intrapersonal and interpersonal idea evaluation

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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Does relative bargaining power explain the general factor of personality?

Personality and Individual Differences ◽

10.1016/j.paid.2014.01.024 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 63 ◽

pp. 6-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

John C. Loehlin

Keyword(s):

Bargaining Power ◽

General Factor ◽

General Factor Of Personality ◽

Relative Bargaining Power

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Construct validation using multitrait‐multimethod‐twin data: The case of a general factor of personality

European Journal of Personality ◽

10.1002/per.760 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 258-277 ◽

Cited By ~ 61

Author(s):

Rainer Riemann ◽

Christian Kandler

Keyword(s):

Study Design ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Twin Studies ◽

Higher Order ◽

Genetic Effects ◽

Order Structure ◽

General Factor ◽

General Factor Of Personality ◽

Peer Report

We describe a behavioural genetic extension of the classic multitrait‐multimethod study design that allows estimating genetic and environmental influences on method effects in twin studies (MTMM‐T). Genetic effects and effects of the environment shared by siblings are interpreted as indicators of convergent validity. In an application of the MTMM study design, we used self‐ and peer report data to examine the higher‐order structure of the NEO‐PI‐R. Structural equation modelling did not support a general factor of personality in multimethod data. The higher‐order factor Stability turns out to be, at most, a weak trait factor. Genetic effects on method factors indicate that especially self‐reports but also peer reports show convergent validity between twins but not between methods. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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The General Factor of Psychopathology

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology ◽

10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-071119-115848 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 75-98 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Gregory T. Smith ◽

Emily A. Atkinson ◽

Heather A. Davis ◽

Elizabeth N. Riley ◽

Joshua R. Oltmanns

Keyword(s):

Mental Health Treatment ◽

Full Range ◽

Empirical Support ◽

Strong Relationship ◽

General Factor ◽

General Factor Of Personality ◽

The Stability ◽

The Many ◽

P Factor ◽

Empirical Approaches

An important advance in understanding and defining mental disorders has been the development of empirical approaches to mapping dimensions of dysfunction and their interrelatedness. Such empirical approaches have consistently observed intercorrelations among the many forms of psychopathology, leading to the identification of a general factor of psychopathology (the p factor). In this article, we review empirical support for p, including evidence for the stability and criterion validity of p. Further, we discuss the strong relationship between p and both the general factor of personality and the general factor of personality disorder, substantive interpretations of p, and the potential clinical utility of p. We posit that proposed substantive interpretations of p do not explain the full range of symptomatology typically included in p. The most plausible explanation is that p represents an index of impairment that has the potential to inform the duration and intensity of a client's mental health treatment.

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