ERIC Number: EJ1102564
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Jul
Pages: 20
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Openness to Experience Rather than Overexcitabilities: Call It Like It Is
Vuyk, M. Alexandra; Krieshok, Thomas S.; Kerr, Barbara A.
Gifted Child Quarterly, v60 n3 p192-211 Jul 2016
Openness to experience is a personality factor in the five-factor model of personality, and it is composed of six facets. Facets of openness appear conceptually analogous to overexcitabilities (OEs), which are displays of inner energy guiding individuals toward advanced potential according to the theory of positive disintegration. This study examined the similarity of OEs to corresponding openness to experience facets in a sample of 149 creative adolescents and adults and 312 adults from the general population (total N = 461). Exploratory structural equation modeling tested competing models in which each OE and corresponding openness facet were modeled as separate factors and as joint factors. The separate-factor model had acceptable fit but uninterpretable loadings, while the joint-factor model had acceptable fit and interpretable loadings; thus, openness seems to encompass OEs. Accordingly, the field should align with well-researched psychological theories like the five-factor model of personality and begin to talk about openness rather than OEs.
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Structural Equation Models, Gifted, Academically Gifted, Hypothesis Testing, Correlation, Inclusion, Comparative Analysis, Likert Scales, Maximum Likelihood Statistics, Personality, Personality Measures, Surveys, Creativity, Personality Traits, Questionnaires, Factor Analysis, Emotional Development, Emotional Adjustment
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: NEO Five Factor Inventory
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