title: The factor structure of Greek personality adjectives.
abstract: Personality descriptors--3,302 adjectives--were extracted from a dictionary of the modern Greek language. Those terms with the highest frequency were administered to large samples in Greece to test the universality of the Big-Five dimensions of personality in comparison to alternative models. One- and 2-factor structures were the most stable across variable selections and subsamples and replicated such structures found in previous studies. Among models with more moderate levels of replication, recently proposed 6- and 7-lexical-factor models were approximately as well replicated as the Big Five. An emic 6-factor structure showed relative stability; these factors were labeled Negative-Valence/Honesty, Agreeableness/Positive Affect, Prowess/Heroism, Introversion/Melancholia, Even Temper, and Conscientiousness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA. gsaucier@darkwing.uoregon.edu
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saucier
authors.forename: Stelios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Georgiades
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tsaousis
authors.forename: Lewis R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D003469:Culture; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D010551:Personality; D014825:Vocabulary