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The higher-order factor structures of five personality inventories

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Published
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>2012
<mark>Journal</mark>Personality and Individual Differences
Issue number4
Volume52
Number of pages7
Pages (from-to)552-558
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date24/12/11
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This study examined the internal higher-order structures of five personality inventories (the Hogan Personality Inventory, the Occupational Personality Questionnaire, the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, the Personality and Preferences Inventory, Profile Match). A sample of 356 individuals from the UK working population completed various combinations of the five inventories. Overall, the results indicated sensible and interpretable factor structures for the inventories. Cross-inventory factor analyses of the extracted factors revealed a variant of the Big Five model underpinning them, enabling examination of inventory convergence and divergence. Our study also examined and compared representations of the General Factor of Personality in each of the inventories.