ABSTRACT
As the other chapters in this book attest, the five-factor model is pervasive in the adult personality literature (see also Digman, 1990; Digman & Takemoto-Chock, 1981; Goldberg, 1990; John, 1990). These five factors (or the Big Five) are usually labeled as (I) Extraversion, (II) Agreeableness, (III) Conscientiousness, (IV) Emotional Instability, and (V) Intellect, Culture, or Openness to Experience. They have emerged repeatedly across instruments, data sources, and languages in studies using adult samples, yet the developmental antecedents of the model remain largely unstudied.
