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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Behav Med. 2013 Jun;45(3):278–288. doi: 10.1007/s12160-012-9454-6

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.