title: Psychometric Properties of the HEXACO-100.
abstract: Psychometric properties of the 100-item English-language HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised (HEXACO-PI-R) were examined using samples of online respondents ( N = 100,318 self-reports) and of undergraduate students ( N = 2,868 self- and observer reports). The results were as follows: First, the hierarchical structure of the HEXACO-100 was clearly supported in two principal components analyses: each of the six factors was defined by its constituent facets and each of the 25 facets was defined by its constituent items. Second, the HEXACO-100 factor scales showed fairly low intercorrelations, with only one pair of scales (Honesty-Humility and Agreeableness) having an absolute correlation above .20 in self-report data. Third, the factor and facet scales showed strong self/observer convergent correlations, which far exceeded the self/observer discriminant correlations.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Kibeom
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: 2 Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ashton
mesh_terms: D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology
keywords: HEXACO; Honesty–Humility; personality measurement; personality structure; self/observer agreement