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标题：The Lexical Approach in Personality Psychology: A Review of Personality Descriptive Taxonomies
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作者：MLAČIĆ, Boris
期刊名称：Drustvena istrazivanja. Journal for General Social Issues
印刷版ISSN：1330-0288
出版年度：2002
卷号：11
期号：4-5 (60-61)
页码：553-576
出版社：Institute of Social Sciences IVO PILAR
摘要：The paper describes the lexical approach in personality psychology and the development of personality descriptive taxonomies in various languages and cultures. The lexical approach is based on the assumption that the most important personality traits are encoded as words in natural languages and that the analysis of the structure of those words may lead to a scientifically acceptable personality model. Starting with Galton's lexical hypothesis, through initial research of adjective structure in the United States of America, the lexical approach and associated taxonomies expanded to other countries and other word classes in recent years. The paper describes and compares the main findings of lexical studies of personality dimensions in eleven languages. Those studies confirmed the cross-cultural validity of the Big-Five personality model (Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability and Intellect) in general, but also indicated that there are some cultural specificities. The paper also evaluates the lexical approach and describes its possible future directions.