Department of Psychology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Curtin School of Business, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Nat Hum Behav. 2020 Jul;4(7):713-724. doi: 10.1038/s41562-020-0853-6. Epub 2020 Apr 6.
Previous attempts to identify personality profiles in the five-factor and HEXACO models of personality have produced inconsistent results. Here, using data from four independent samples, each with approximately 90,000 international respondents to the 100-item HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised (HEXACO-PI-R), we demonstrated that a five-profile solution fit the data well. Exploratory analyses suggested that this solution was also consistent across gender and age groups. The five-profile structure replicated well with larger subsamples, but could not be reproduced consistently with samples of fewer than 500 individuals. However, even with small samples, the five-profile structure could be applied using the parameters obtained with the larger samples. We used HEXACO theory along with agency-communion and attachment theories to offer preliminary explanations and labels for the five profiles. We discuss how these theories, combined with parameter estimates provided by our research, can be used to generate and test hypotheses to validate the five-profile structure and evaluate its utility for personality research and other applications.
先前在五因素模型和 HEXACO 人格模型中尝试确定人格特征的研究得出了不一致的结果。在这里，我们使用来自四个独立样本的数据，每个样本都有约 90000 名国际受访者对 100 项 HEXACO 人格量表修订版（HEXACO-PI-R）进行了回答，结果表明五因素模型的解决方案能够很好地拟合数据。探索性分析表明，这种解决方案在性别和年龄组之间也是一致的。五因素结构在较大的子样本中复制得很好，但在少于 500 人的样本中却不能一致地复制。然而，即使是在小样本中，也可以使用较大样本获得的参数来应用五因素结构。我们使用 HEXACO 理论以及能动性-交际性和依恋理论，对五个因素进行了初步的解释和命名。我们讨论了如何将这些理论与我们研究中的参数估计相结合，用于生成和检验假设，以验证五因素结构，并评估其在人格研究和其他应用中的效用。
