An emic-etic approach to personality assessment in predicting social adaptation, risky social behaviors, status striving and social affirmation

This research tested the utility of an emic-etic approach to personality assessment in predicting three behavioral domains: Social adaptation, Risky social behaviors and Status striving and social affirmation. In this regard, two studies were conducted. The aim of the first study was to develop a personality measure of a psycho-lexically based six-factorial trait-taxonomic structure identified in the Romanian lexicon. In study 2 we tested to what extent these indigenous six-factor personality factors bring incremental validity in the prediction of behavioral domains. This emic-etic approach showed incremental validity in predicting Social adaptation, Risky social behaviors, and Status striving and social affirmation, over and beyond the Big five and the HEXACO.