TY - JOUR
T1 - Meta-Analytic Investigations of the HEXACO Personality Inventory(-Revised)
T2 - Reliability Generalization, Self-Observer Agreement, Intercorrelations, and Relations to Demographic Variables
AU - Moshagen, Morten
AU - Thielmann, Isabel
AU - Hilbig, Benjamin E.
AU - Zettler, Ingo
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - The six dimensions of the HEXACO model of personality are most commonly measured via the HEXACO Personality Inventory(-Revised) (HEXACO-PI(-R)), which comes in three versions (60, 100, and 200 items) and is available as a self- and observer report form in several languages. The present study meta-analytically investigates the psychometric properties of the HEXACO-PI(-R), relying on empirical data from 549 independent samples providing information about 316,133 individuals. In particular, we performed reliability generalization meta‐analyses to examine internal consistency, determined self–observer agreement, investigated structural properties in terms of the intercorrelations between the HEXACO dimensions, and established relations between the dimensions and demographic variables. Results show that all HEXACO-PI(-R) versions exhibit fairly high reliabilities and a high degree of self–observer agreement. With the exception of a moderate correlation between Honesty-Humility and Agreeableness, the HEXACO dimensions are only weakly correlated overall. Finally, notable gender differences (with women scoring higher) occurred on Emotionality and Honesty-Humility.
AB - The six dimensions of the HEXACO model of personality are most commonly measured via the HEXACO Personality Inventory(-Revised) (HEXACO-PI(-R)), which comes in three versions (60, 100, and 200 items) and is available as a self- and observer report form in several languages. The present study meta-analytically investigates the psychometric properties of the HEXACO-PI(-R), relying on empirical data from 549 independent samples providing information about 316,133 individuals. In particular, we performed reliability generalization meta‐analyses to examine internal consistency, determined self–observer agreement, investigated structural properties in terms of the intercorrelations between the HEXACO dimensions, and established relations between the dimensions and demographic variables. Results show that all HEXACO-PI(-R) versions exhibit fairly high reliabilities and a high degree of self–observer agreement. With the exception of a moderate correlation between Honesty-Humility and Agreeableness, the HEXACO dimensions are only weakly correlated overall. Finally, notable gender differences (with women scoring higher) occurred on Emotionality and Honesty-Humility.
KW - HEXACO
KW - HEXACO-PI-R
KW - meta-analysis
KW - personality traits
KW - personality structure
U2 - 10.1027/2151-2604/a000377
DO - 10.1027/2151-2604/a000377
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0044-3409
VL - 227
SP - 186
EP - 194
JO - Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology
JF - Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology
IS - 3
ER -