title: The Big-Five factor structure as an integrative framework: an analysis of Clarke's AVA model.
abstract: Using a large (N = 3,629) sample of participants selected to be representative of U.S. working adults in the year 2,000, we provide links between the constructs in 2 personality models that have been derived from quite different rationales. We demonstrate the use of a novel procedure for providing orthogonal Big-Five factor scores and use those scores to analyze the scales of the Activity Vector Analysis (AVA). We discuss the implications of our many findings both for the science of personality assessment and for future research using the AVA model.
authors.affiliation: University of Oregon, USA.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Merenda
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001242:Assertiveness; D004644:Emotions; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007360:Intelligence; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results