The Big Five vs MBTI, Eysenck, etc.
The closest thing to consensus among academics who study personality psychology is the Big Five personality traits. They were originally discovered by an analysis of which personality-based adjectives tend to cluster together. The two main proponents of the theory are Lewis Goldberg of the University of Oregon and the team of Paul Costa and Robert McCrae at the National Institute of Health. The letters respresenting the five traits can be used to spell the word OCEAN.
The model correlates with Raymond Cattell's 5 global factors (based on the 16PF) and to a lesser extent with Hans Eysenck's PEN model (in which there are only a "big three" -- Agreeableness and Conscientiousness being combined into Psychoticism and Openness being left out as Eysenck felt it was simply a rough measure of intelligence).
There is also a rough correlation between the Big Five and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®), with only Neuroticism missing in the Myers-Briggs model. As seen here, many other typing systems correlate to the Big 5 as well. Note: Red indicates a reverse trait label.
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Five Factor ModelNEO-PI-R (Costa & McCrae) +30 'facets' (6 per factor) |
Neuroticism N1 Anxiety N2 Angry Hostility N3 Depression N4 Self-Consciousness N5 Impulsiveness N6 Vulnerability |
Extraversion E1 Warmth E2 Gregariousness E3 Assertiveness E4 Activity E5 Excitement-seeking E6 Positive emotion |
Openness O1 Fantasy O2 Aesthetics O3 Feelings O4 Actions O5 Ideas O6 Values |
Agreeableness A1 Trust A2 Straightforwardness A3 Altruism A4 Compliance A5 Modesty A6 Tendermindedness |
Conscientiousness C1 Competence C2 Order C3 Dutifulness C4 Achievement-striving C5 Self-discipline C6 Deliberation |
Lexical Big 5(Lewis Goldberg) |
Emotional Stability | Surgency | Intellect / Culture | Agreeableness | Conscientiousness |
5 Global Factors16PF (Raymond Cattell) |
Anxiety C, L, O, Q4 |
Extraversion A, F, H, N, Q2 |
Receptivity or Tough-mindedness A, I, M, Q1 |
Independence or Accomodation E, H, L, Q1 |
Self-control F, G, M, Q3 |
P-E-N ModelEPQ (Hans Eysenck) |
Neuroticism | Extraversion | Psychoticism | ||
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® |
Extraversion (E) vs Introversion (I) |
Sensing (S) vs Intuition (N) |
Thinking (T) vs Feeling (F) |
Judging (J) vs Perceiving (P) |
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HBDI(Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument) |
B (Sequential) vs D (Imaginitive) |
A (Analytical) vs C (Interpersonal) |
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DISCDominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Conscientious |
Active (D & I) vs Passive (S & C) |
Task (D & C) vs People (I & S) |
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Global 5 (SLOAN)based on similarminds |
Limbic (L) vs Calm (C) |
Social (S) vs Reserved (R) |
Non-curious (N) vs Inquisitive (I) |
Accomodating (A) vs Egocentric (E) |
Organized (O) vs Unstructured (U) |
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