Big Five Personality Traits

Openness to Experience reflects the degree of intellectual curiosity, creativity, and preference for novelty and variety. It encompasses imagination, aesthetic sensitivity, attentiveness to inner feelings, preference for variety, and intellectual curiosity.

Facets: Fantasy, Aesthetics, Feelings, Actions, Ideas, Values

Conscientiousness reflects the tendency to be organized, responsible, and hardworking. It encompasses self-discipline, dutifulness, competence, order, and the drive for achievement. Highly conscientious people are reliable, thorough, and goal-oriented.

Facets: Competence, Order, Dutifulness, Achievement Striving, Self-Discipline, Deliberation

Extraversion reflects the tendency toward sociability, assertiveness, and positive emotionality. Extraverts are energized by social interaction, seek stimulation, and tend to experience positive emotions more frequently and intensely.

Facets: Warmth, Gregariousness, Assertiveness, Activity, Excitement-Seeking, Positive Emotions

Agreeableness reflects the tendency toward cooperation, trust, and prosocial behavior. Highly agreeable individuals are compassionate, trusting, and eager to help others. They prioritize social harmony and getting along with others.

Facets: Trust, Straightforwardness, Altruism, Compliance, Modesty, Tender-Mindedness

Neuroticism reflects the tendency to experience negative emotions such as anxiety, sadness, and irritability. Individuals high in Neuroticism are more emotionally reactive and vulnerable to stress. The opposite pole is Emotional Stability.

Facets: Anxiety, Angry Hostility, Depression, Self-Consciousness, Impulsiveness, Vulnerability