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The structure of interpersonal traits: Wiggins's circumplex and the five-factor model.

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McCrae, RR; Costa, PT
Published in: Journal of personality and social psychology
April 1989

Using a sample of 315 adult men and women, self-reports on Wiggins's revised Interpersonal Adjective Scales were jointly factored with self-reports, peer ratings, and spouse ratings on the NEO Personality Inventory to examine the relations between the two models. Results suggest that the interpersonal circumplex is defined by the two dimensions of Extraversion and Agreeableness, and that the circular ordering of variables is not an artifact of response biases or cognitive schemata. Circumplex and dimensional models appear to complement each other in describing the structure of personality, and both may be useful to social psychologists in understanding interpersonal behavior.

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Journal of personality and social psychology

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EISSN

1939-1315

ISSN

0022-3514

Publication Date

April 1989

Volume

56

Issue

4

Start / End Page

586 / 595

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Psychology
  • Psychometrics
  • Personality Inventory
  • Personality Development
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Humans
  • Female
 

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McCrae, R. R., & Costa, P. T. (1989). The structure of interpersonal traits: Wiggins's circumplex and the five-factor model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56(4), 586–595. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.56.4.586
McCrae, R. R., and P. T. Costa. “The structure of interpersonal traits: Wiggins's circumplex and the five-factor model.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 56, no. 4 (April 1989): 586–95. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.56.4.586.
McCrae RR, Costa PT. The structure of interpersonal traits: Wiggins's circumplex and the five-factor model. Journal of personality and social psychology. 1989 Apr;56(4):586–95.
McCrae, R. R., and P. T. Costa. “The structure of interpersonal traits: Wiggins's circumplex and the five-factor model.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 56, no. 4, Apr. 1989, pp. 586–95. Epmc, doi:10.1037//0022-3514.56.4.586.
McCrae RR, Costa PT. The structure of interpersonal traits: Wiggins's circumplex and the five-factor model. Journal of personality and social psychology. 1989 Apr;56(4):586–595.

Published In

Journal of personality and social psychology

DOI

EISSN

1939-1315

ISSN

0022-3514

Publication Date

April 1989

Volume

56

Issue

4

Start / End Page

586 / 595

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Psychology
  • Psychometrics
  • Personality Inventory
  • Personality Development
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Humans
  • Female