Do Early Life Experiences Predict Variation in the General Factor of Personality (GFP)?
| Autor: | Joseph H. Manson, Kristine Chua, Aaron W. Lukaszewski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Agreeableness
Physiology media_common.quotation_subject Closeness Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Conscientiousness Behavioral neuroscience Response bias Hierarchical structure of the Big Five Structural equation modeling Developmental psychology Behavioral Neuroscience Personality Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. 7:447-470 |
| ISSN: | 2198-7335 |
| Popis: | Objective The controversial General Factor of Personality (GFP) has been proposed as an indicator of social effectiveness and a slower life history strategy. An alternative hypothesis holds that only meta-trait alpha, comprising agreeableness, conscientiousness, and emotional stability, is a slow life history indicator. This study tested whether the GFP and/or alpha emerges from both self- and stranger-ratings, and whether either is predicted by indicators of harsh childhood ecologies. Methods U.S. undergraduate participants (N = 366) completed a Big Five instrument, a measure of socially desirable response bias, and brief (thin slice) videotaped interviews. Raters scored the interviews using the same Big Five instrument. Results Structural equation modeling of the self-report data yielded a well-fitting GFP, which was positively associated with father closeness. Meta-trait alpha, based on self-report, was associated with both father closeness and neighborhood stress, but showed positive loadings only for agreeableness and emotional stability. Stranger-rating data failed to yield either a well-fitting GFP or metatrait alpha. Conclusions Our findings are equivocal regarding the usefulness of the GFP specifically, and higher-order personality factors generally, in evolutionary personality science. |
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