Table 1.
Example Scales and Representative Descriptors for Conscientiousness-related Facets
| Conscientiousness-related Facets | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orderliness | Industriousness | Self-Control | Responsibility | Traditionalism | Decisiveness | Formality | Punctuality | Persistence | |
| Example Scales | AB5C Orderliness CCS Orderliness NEO-PI-R Order |
AB5C Purposefulness CCS Industriousness NEO Achievement striving |
AB5C Cautiousness CCS Self-control MPQ Control |
CCS Responsibility CPI Responsibility JPI Responsibility |
CCS Traditionalism MPQ Traditionalism |
Roberts et al. (2004) | Roberts et al. (2004) | Roberts et al. (2004) | Peabody & De Raad (2002) |
| Representative Descriptors | Disorganized(r) Orderly Neat Sloppy (r) |
Hard-working Industrious Lazy (r) |
Careful Cautious Reckless (r) |
Reliable Responsible Unreliable (r) |
Conventional Traditional Untraditional (r) |
Deliberate Firm Inconsistent (r) |
Formal Informal (r) Prim |
Punctual Unpunctual (r) |
Determined Persistent |
Note. AB5C = abridged Big Five dimensional circumplex; CCS = Chernyshenko conscientiousness scales; NEO-PI-R = NEO-personality inventory-revised; MPQ = multidimensional personality questionnaire; CPI = California psychological inventory; JPI = Jackson personality inventory; (r) = reverse scored.