Five Factor Personality Model
"Personality Disorders Revisited" (450 pages e-book) - click HERE to purchase!
By:
Dr. Sam Vaknin
Malignant Self Love - Buy the Book - Click HERE!!!
Relationships with Abusive Narcissists - Buy the e-Books - Click HERE!!!
READ THIS: Scroll down to
review a complete list of the articles - Click on the blue-coloured
text!
Bookmark this Page - and SHARE IT with Others!
The Five Factor Model was suggested by two
researchers, Costa and McCrae, in 1989. The designers of previous factor models
sifted through bulky dictionaries and came up with thousands of words to
describe human nature in all its variability. Not so the inventors of the Five
Factor Model. It is based on and derived from various personality inventories.
Surprisingly, it was proven to be as powerful as its vocabulary-based
predecessors: it was able to predict subjects' behavior as accurately.
The Model consists of five high level dimensions. These are comprised of lower
level facet traits. The dimensions allow the diagnostician to categorize the
patient's overall propensities but do not provide for accurate predictions and
prognoses regarding characteristics and likely behavior patterns. The facet
traits make it possible to narrow down the range of behaviors and qualities
consistent with the dimension.
(continued below)
This article appears in my book "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited"
Click HERE to buy the print edition from Amazon (click HERE to buy a copy dedicated by the author)
Click HERE to buy the print edition from Barnes and Noble
Click HERE to buy the print edition from the publisher and receive a BONUS PACK
Click HERE to buy electronic books (e-books) and video lectures (DVDs) about narcissists, psychopaths, and abuse in relationships
Click HERE to buy the ENTIRE SERIES of sixteen electronic books (e-books) about narcissists, psychopaths, and abuse in relationships
Click HERE for SPECIAL OFFER 1 and HERE for SPECIAL OFFER 2
Follow me on Twitter, Facebook (my personal page or the book’s), YouTube
An example:
A subject can be neurotic (emotionally unstable). This is the first dimension.
If she is neurotic, she can be impulsive, or depressive, or anxious, or
hostile, or self-conscious, or angry, or vulnerable, or any combination of
these facet traits.
The second dimension is extroversion. Extroverts tend to be warm, affectionate,
and friendly. They are gregarious (sociable, seek social stimulation),
assertive, active, excitement seeking, and with a positive outlook on life
coupled with positive emotions (such as joy, happiness, love, and optimism).
The third dimension is openness to experience. Such people resort to fantasy
and use imagination and creativity to augment and enrich their lives. They
react strongly to beauty and to beautiful things, such as art and poetry (they
are aesthetically-sensitive and inclined). They fully experience their emotions
and inner life and value intimacy. They are novelty-seekers and early adopters
of gadgets, trends, fads, and unconventional ideas and they are very curious.
This makes them question established values, norms, and rules: they are daring
and iconoclastic.
The fourth factor is agreeableness. People typical of this dimension are
trusting and willing to give others the benefit of the doubt. They are honest,
well-intentioned, sincere, and frank.
The fifth dimension is conscientiousness. These subjects place a high value on
competence and efficacy, innate capabilities and the acquisition of skills.
They are orderly, clean, organized, and neat. They are trustworthy and reliable,
morally upright and principled, ambitious and self-disciplined but also
deliberative and not rash.
More about personality assessment tests - click HERE!
Many additional Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Personality Disorders - click HERE!
Copyright Notice
This material is copyrighted.
Free, unrestricted use is allowed on a non commercial basis.
The author's name and a link to this Website must be incorporated in any
reproduction of the material for any use and by any means.
Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited
Frequently Asked Questions about Pathological Narcissism
Excerpts from the Archive of the Narcissism List
World in Conflict and Transition
Internet: A Medium or a Message?
Write to me: palma@unet.com.mk or narcissisticabuse-owner@yahoogroups.com