Gender differences in personality across the ten aspects of the Big Five

This paper investigates gender differences in personality traits, both at the level of the Big Five and at the sublevel of two aspects within each Big Five domain. Replicating previous findings, women reported higher Big Five Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism scores than men. However, more...

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Main Authors: Yanna J Weisberg, Colin G DeYoung, Jacob B Hirsh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00178/full