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Personality Theories, Five-Factor Model

By: Kimberly Stark-Wroblewski & Laura Ann Glass
In: Encyclopedia of Counseling
Edited by: Frederick T. L. Leong
Subject:General Counseling & Psychotherapy, Counseling Psychology

The five-factor model of personality (FFM; often referred to as the Big Five model) is an empirically derived approach that organizes the structure of personality into five broad factors: Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and ...

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  Stark-Wroblewski, K., & Glass, L. (2008). Personality theories, five-factor model. In F. T. Leong (Ed.), Encyclopedia of counseling (Vol. 1, pp. 753-756). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n239
  
  Stark-Wroblewski, Kimberly, and Laura Ann Glass. "Personality Theories, Five-Factor Model." In Encyclopedia of Counseling, edited by Leong, Frederick T. L., 753-56. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n239.
  
  Stark-Wroblewski, K. and Glass, L. 2008. Personality Theories, Five-Factor Model. In: Frederick T. Leong Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Counseling, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 753-756 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n239> [Accessed 27 Feb 2021].
  
  Stark-Wroblewski, Kimberly and Laura Ann Glass. "Personality Theories, Five-Factor Model." Encyclopedia of Counseling. Edited by Frederick T. Leong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 753-56. SAGE Knowledge. 27 Feb 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n239.
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