PSYB30H3 Lecture 5: Week 5
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Common measures: neo-pi-r (costa & mccrae, 1992) assess not only the big 5 domains but also 6 facets or smaller traits within the big 5. takes long to complete (45mins to an hour: the big five inventory (john et al. , 1991) results are known to be reliable and valid. one of the more wildly used instruments: recently, gosling et al. (2003) demonstrated that the five-factor model could be reliably assessed with as few as ten items. Is a broad dimension of individual differences ready to experience distress and other negative affects. People who are high on the trait of neuroticism more readily experience a wide range of emotional and somatic complaints: they report feeling worrisome and anxious, feel vulnerable and self-conscious and quick to anger. Those that are most neurotic are the least able to regulate negative moods like sadness, worry and anger.
