Three nightmare traits (TNT) and the similarity effect determine which personality traits we like and dislike
We obtained free-text descriptions of liked and disliked others provided by 441 panel members (aged 24–26; 35 % male), who also completed the HEXACO PI-R in an online survey. Free-text descriptions were coded for HEXACO trait content by three judges. In line with the ‘three nightmare traits’ framewo...
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| author | Dunlop, Patrick de Vries, R.E. Jolly, Anu Parker, Sharon |
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| description | We obtained free-text descriptions of liked and disliked others provided by 441 panel members (aged 24–26; 35 % male), who also completed the HEXACO PI-R in an online survey. Free-text descriptions were coded for HEXACO trait content by three judges. In line with the ‘three nightmare traits’ framework, we expected and found that language describing high levels of honesty-humility, agreeableness, and conscientiousness most distinguished liked from disliked targets (and vice versa for low levels). High extraversion also appeared in descriptions of liked targets, whereas low extraversion rarely appeared in descriptions of disliked targets. We also found support for the similarity hypothesis with participants higher in openness describing their liked (disliked) targets in terms of higher (lower) levels on this trait. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-964342024-12-17T07:22:04Z Three nightmare traits (TNT) and the similarity effect determine which personality traits we like and dislike Dunlop, Patrick de Vries, R.E. Jolly, Anu Parker, Sharon We obtained free-text descriptions of liked and disliked others provided by 441 panel members (aged 24–26; 35 % male), who also completed the HEXACO PI-R in an online survey. Free-text descriptions were coded for HEXACO trait content by three judges. In line with the ‘three nightmare traits’ framework, we expected and found that language describing high levels of honesty-humility, agreeableness, and conscientiousness most distinguished liked from disliked targets (and vice versa for low levels). High extraversion also appeared in descriptions of liked targets, whereas low extraversion rarely appeared in descriptions of disliked targets. We also found support for the similarity hypothesis with participants higher in openness describing their liked (disliked) targets in terms of higher (lower) levels on this trait. 2023 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96434 10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104358 https://hdl.handle.net/1871.1/377c8c31-ff61-4b28-8d50-c818a8303218 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Dunlop, Patrick de Vries, R.E. Jolly, Anu Parker, Sharon Three nightmare traits (TNT) and the similarity effect determine which personality traits we like and dislike |
| title | Three nightmare traits (TNT) and the similarity effect determine which personality traits we like and dislike |
| title_full | Three nightmare traits (TNT) and the similarity effect determine which personality traits we like and dislike |
| title_fullStr | Three nightmare traits (TNT) and the similarity effect determine which personality traits we like and dislike |
| title_full_unstemmed | Three nightmare traits (TNT) and the similarity effect determine which personality traits we like and dislike |
| title_short | Three nightmare traits (TNT) and the similarity effect determine which personality traits we like and dislike |
| title_sort | three nightmare traits (tnt) and the similarity effect determine which personality traits we like and dislike |
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