The Five-Factor Framing of Personality and Beyond: Some Ruminations
@article{Block2010TheFF, title={The Five-Factor Framing of Personality and Beyond: Some Ruminations}, author={J. Block}, journal={Psychological Inquiry}, year={2010}, volume={21}, pages={2 - 25} }
The five-factor conceptualization of personality has been presented as all-embracing in understanding personality and has even received authoritative recommendation for understanding early development. I raise various concerns regarding this popular model. More specifically, (a) the atheoretical nature of the five-factors, their cloudy measurement, and their inappropriateness for studying early childhood are discussed; (b) the method (and morass) of factor analysis as the exclusive paradigm for… CONTINUE READING
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