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Personality Trait Descriptors: 2,818 Trait Descriptive Adjectives Characterized by Familiarity, Frequency of Use, and Prior Use in Psycholexical Research Cover

Personality Trait Descriptors: 2,818 Trait Descriptive Adjectives Characterized by Familiarity, Frequency of Use, and Prior Use in Psycholexical Research

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|Jan 2022

Figures & Tables

Table 1

15 revisions from Goldberg (1982).

PRIOR FORMCHANGED TO
cagycagey
clear-headedclearheaded
closefistedclose-fisted
easy-goingeasygoing
hard-headedhardheaded
highfalutinghighfalutin
kind-heartedkindhearted
level-headedlevelheaded
light-heartedlighthearted
loud-mouthedloudmouthed
noseynosy
pig-headedpigheaded
satiricsatirical
stand-offishstandoffish
thick-headedthickheaded
Table 2

57 TDAs in the 2,818 that were not included in existing lists.

acceptingguilt-freeperceiving
adversarialhalfheartedpleasure-loving
appreciatedhalfwittedreceiving
artsyhotheadedself-actualized
attention-seekinghumanisticsensation-seeking
authoritarianinitiatingsensing
burned-outintuitingsimpleminded
charismaticjudgmentalspritely
competitivelaid-backstrong-willed
conceptuallow-keysupportive
controversialmalcontentedtheoretical
curmudgeonlymentoringtrendy
economizingnymphomaniacalunenergetic
emergentopen-endedunextraverted
empatheticovercompassionateunsensual
excitingovermasculinewell-adjusted
experientialoversentimentalwell-known
extravertedovertolerantwell-liked
flakyparanoidworried
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.57 | Journal eISSN: 2050-9863
Language: English
Published on: Jan 25, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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