More than the Big Five: Egoism and the HEXACO model of Personality

R.E. de Vries; A. de Vries; A.H.B. de Hoogh; J.A. Feij

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More than the Big Five: Egoism and the HEXACO model of Personality

R.E. de Vries, A. de Vries, A.H.B. de Hoogh, J.A. Feij

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Egoism is a personality trait that is associated with self-enriching and self-centred behaviours. Research has suggested that egoism lies beyond the Big Five personality factors. Recently, the HEXACO model of personality has been proposed as an alternative to the Big Five model. In three studies, the relation between the HEXACO Personality Inventory and egoism, conceptualized using three different questionnaires (DPQ Egoism, SPI Egotism and the Egoism Scale), is investigated. In all three studies, the HEXACO Honesty-Humility factor scale was the most important predictor of egoism. Additionally, in two studies in which FFM measures were used, the HEXACO Personality Inventory explained more variance in egoism than did the FFPI (Study 2) and the NEO-PI-R (Study 3). © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	635-654
Number of pages	19
Journal	European Journal of Personality
Volume	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/per.733
Publication status	Published - 2009

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