title: The HEXACO Honesty-Humility, Agreeableness, and Emotionality factors: a review of research and theory.
abstract: We review research and theory on the HEXACO personality dimensions of Honesty-Humility (H), Agreeableness (A), and Emotionality (E), with particular attention to the following topics: (1) the origins of the HEXACO model in lexical studies of personality structure, and the content of the H, A, and E factors in those studies; (2) the operationalization of the H, A, and E factors in the HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised; (3) the construct validity of self-reports on scales measuring the H factor; (4) the theoretical distinction between H and A; (5) similarity and assumed similarity between social partners in personality, with a focus on H and A; (6) the extent to which H (and A and E) variance is represented in instruments assessing the "Five-Factor Model" of personality; and (7) the relative validity of scales assessing the HEXACO and Five-Factor Model dimensions in predicting criteria conceptually relevant to H, A, and E.
authors.affiliation: 1Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ashton
authors.forename: Kibeom
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Reinout E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: de Vries
mesh_terms: D035841:Behavioral Research; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
keywords: Agreeableness; Emotionality; HEXACO; Honesty-Humility; personality assessment; personality structure