Affect, Behavior, Cognition, and Desire in the Big Five: An Analysis of Item Content and Structure.
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SUBMITTER: Wilt J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4532350 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul-Aug
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Affect, Behavior, Cognition, and Desire in the Big Five: An Analysis of Item Content and Structure.
Wilt Joshua J Revelle William W
European journal of personality 20150701 4
Personality psychology is concerned with affect (A), behavior (B), cognition (C) and desire (D), and personality traits have been defined conceptually as abstractions used to either explain or summarize coherent ABC (and sometimes D) patterns over time and space. However, this conceptual definition of traits has not been reflected in their operationalization, possibly resulting in theoretical and practical limitations to current trait inventories. Thus, the goal of this project was to determine ...[more]
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