The Five-Factor Model and Its Assessment in Clinical Settings
- 1 December 1991
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of Personality Assessment
- Vol. 57 (3), 399-414
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa5703_2
Abstract
Personality researchers have recently converged on the five-factor model as an adequate representation of the structure of personality traits. This article introduces the factors and the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI), a questionnaire designed to measure the factors and some of the traits that define them. Data on the comprehensiveness of the model and on the reliability, validity, and stability of measures of the factors are reviewed, and correlations between scales from the NEO-PI and two instruments widely used in clinical practice (the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory [MMPI] and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory [MCMI]) are used to illustrate similarities and differences between normal and clinical assessment. Some issues regarding the clinical use of the five-factor model are discussed.Keywords
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