Sanz-García, AnaGarcía Vera, María De La PazSanz Fernández, Jesús2023-10-092023-10-092023-09-26Sanz-García, A., García-Vera, M. P., y Sanz, J. (2023). Is it time to replace the Big Five personality model? Factorial structure of the NEO PI-R in a community sample of Spanish adults. The Journal of General Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221309.2023.22611361940-088810.1080/00221309.2023.2261136https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88220Recent studies have revived the issue of whether the five-factor personality model or Big Five is the most valid to summarize the most relevant personality traits or whether, on the contrary, the basic structure of personality traits would better fit a six-factor model such as the HEXACO model: Honesty–Humility (H), Emotionality (E), Extraversion (X), Agreeableness (A), Conscientiousness (C), and Openness to Experience (O). In a Spanish community sample of 682 adults, the factorial structure of the 30 facets of the NEO-Revised Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) and its 16 facets common to the HEXACO model was analyzed. In two subsamples of participants, the internal structure of the NEO PI-R, of 30 and 16 facets, fit the five-factor Big Five model better than the six-factor HEXACO model. In addition, the internal 30-facet structure of the NEO-PI-R replicated that obtained in the original US validation and those previously obtained in Spain, although the latter used different participant samples (people evaluated in personnel selection processes, university students). These results suggest that, at least in Spain, the five-factor personality model or Big Five is still the most valid taxonomy of personality traits.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/journal articlehttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00221309.2023.2261136embargoed accessBig five modelFactor analysisFive-factor modelHEXACO modelPersonality traitsValidityPersonalidadPsicometríaPsicología (Psicología)Psicología diferencial61 Psicología6105 Evaluación y Diagnostico en Psicología6111 Personalidad6111.05 Estructura y Dinámica de la Personalidad6111.04 Medida de la Personalidad6111.06 Teoría de la Personalidad