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BIG 5 MODEL PERSONALITY [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2018-12-10
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Diagnostic Aids (Psychology)
- Personality Development
- Clinical Psychology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- five-factor model of personality
1, record 1, English, five%2Dfactor%20model%20of%20personality
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Record 1, Abbreviations, English
- FFM 2, record 1, English, FFM
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Record 1, Synonyms, English
- Big Five model of personality 3, record 1, English, Big%20Five%20model%20of%20personality
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- five-factor model 4, record 1, English, five%2Dfactor%20model
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- FFM 4, record 1, English, FFM
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- FFM 4, record 1, English, FFM
- Big Five model 5, record 1, English, Big%20Five%20model
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Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The Big Five model of personality ... is one of the most widespread structural models of personality. According to this model, five dimensions describe the central features of personality: neuroticism (anxiety, hostility, depression), extraversion (warmth, assertiveness, activity), openness to experience (fantasy, aesthetics, ideas), agreeableness (trust, compliance), and conscientiousness (discipline, achievement striving, dutifulness). 3, record 1, English, - five%2Dfactor%20model%20of%20personality
Record 1, Key term(s)
- 5-factor model of personality
- Big 5 model of personality
- 5-factor model
- Big 5 model
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Aides au diagnostic (Psychologie)
- Développement de la personnalité
- Psychologie clinique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- modèle de personnalité à cinq facteurs
1, record 1, French, mod%C3%A8le%20de%20personnalit%C3%A9%20%C3%A0%20cinq%20facteurs
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- modèle à cinq facteurs 2, record 1, French, mod%C3%A8le%20%C3%A0%20cinq%20facteurs
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- MCF 3, record 1, French, MCF
correct, masculine noun
- MCF 3, record 1, French, MCF
- modèle des cinq facteurs 4, record 1, French, mod%C3%A8le%20des%20cinq%20facteurs
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- MCF 5, record 1, French, MCF
correct, masculine noun
- MCF 5, record 1, French, MCF
- modèle des cinq facteurs de personnalité 6, record 1, French, mod%C3%A8le%20des%20cinq%20facteurs%20de%20personnalit%C3%A9
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] le modèle des cinq facteurs (Big Five) [...] envisage la personnalité selon la perspective des dispositions qui postule que les individus possèdent des prédispositions (traits) à répondre d'une certaine manière dans des situations diverses et que chaque personne est unique en fonction de ses traits de personnalité. Les cinq dimensions fondamentales de ce modèle (neuroticisme ou névrosisme, extraversion, ouverture à l'expérience, agréabilité ou caractère agréable et consciencieusité ou caractère consciencieux) sont évaluées par le questionnaire NEO PI [NEO personality inventory] [...] 6, record 1, French, - mod%C3%A8le%20de%20personnalit%C3%A9%20%C3%A0%20cinq%20facteurs
Record 1, Key term(s)
- modèle de personnalité à 5 facteurs
- modèle à 5 facteurs
- modèle des 5 facteurs
- modèle des 5 facteurs de personnalité
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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