No evidence for a General Factor of Personality in the HEXACO Personality Inventory

R.E. de Vries

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2010.12.002

No evidence for a General Factor of Personality in the HEXACO Personality Inventory

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There have been an increasing number of articles that have speculated on the existence of a General Factor of Personality (GFP) similar to '. g' in intelligence research. In this study, I provide evidence that this general factor may be an artifact of the personality instrument used. Specifically, in two samples I show that depending on the type of analysis used there is either no evidence for a GFP in the HEXACO Personality Inventory or the GFP is found to be uncorrelated to GFPs based on Big Five or FFM instruments. © 2010 Elsevier Inc.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	229-232
Journal	Journal of Research in Personality
Volume	45
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2010.12.002
Publication status	Published - 2011

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No evidence for a General Factor of Personality in the HEXACO Personality Inventory

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