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Type D personality and the Five-Factor Model : a facet-level analysis
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posted on 2015-09-01, 00:00 authored by Sharon HorwoodSharon Horwood, Jeromy AnglimJeromy Anglim, Gregory TooleyObjective: This study assessed the degree to which NEO-PI-R facets contribute to understanding of Type D personality over and above the Big 5. Method: Healthy participants (n = 268) completed the DS14 and the NEO-PI-R. In addition to analyzing the Type D subscales of social inhibition and negative affectivity, we computed a continuous measure of Type D scored as the sum of the two subscales. Results: Facets provided moderate incremental prediction of Type D subscales. The facets of assertiveness, self- consciousness, and positive emotion provided incremental prediction of negative affectivity, and warmth, activity, and gregariousness provided incremental prediction of social inhibition. Facets provided minimal incremental prediction of continuous Type D. The Big 5 explained substantially more variance in continuous Type D (71%) than negative affectivity (59%) or social inhibition (61%). Conclusions: Overall, the facet-level analysis provided additional insights into the nature of Type D. The incremental prediction of the Type D subscales by facets supported the idea that Type D scales are narrower constructs than the Big 5. However, the strong prediction of continuous Type D by the Big 5 and the lack of incremental prediction by facets points to the overall Type D construct being well represented by the Big 5.
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Personality and individual differencesVolume
83Pagination
50 - 54Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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0191-8869eISSN
1873-3549Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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