The higher-order factor structures of five personality inventories

This study examined the internal higher-order structures of five personality inventories (the Hogan Personality Inventory, the Occupational Personality Questionnaire, the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, the Personality and Preferences Inventory, Profile Match). A sample of 356 individuals from the UK working population completed various combinations of the five inventories. Overall, the results indicated sensible and interpretable factor structures for the inventories. Cross-inventory factor analyses of the extracted factors revealed a variant of the Big Five model underpinning them, enabling examination of inventory convergence and divergence. Our study also examined and compared representations of the General Factor of Personality in each of the inventories.

► Examines structures of HPI, 16PF5, OPQ, PAPI, and Profile:Match personality inventories.
► Examines the General Factor of Personality represented in each inventory.
► Factor structures for all five inventories were sensible and interpretable.
► Big Five were found to underpin the joint factor structure of the inventories.
► Recommend GFP true variance be understood by sampling traits from multiple domains.