A comparison of self-other agreement in personal values versus the Big Five personality traits

Henrik Dobewall*, Toivo Aavik, Kenn Konstabel, Shalom H. Schwartz, Anu Realo

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

35 Scopus citations

Abstract

Can we judge other people's values accurately, or are values too subjective to assess? We compared self-other agreement in personal values with agreement in the Big Five personality traits. Self-other agreement in four higher-order values (median r=.47) and in six culture-specific value factors (median r=.50) was substantial and similar to that for the Big Five personality traits (median r=.51). When corrected for attenuation due to measurement error self-other agreement was high for all three scales (median rs.>.65). The results suggest that people can assess values of others whom they know well with remarkable accuracy. Therefore, other-ratings of personal values can be used to validate and complement self-report value measures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-10
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Research in Personality
Volume50
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2014

Keywords

  • Big Five personality traits
  • Correction for attenuation
  • Personal values
  • Profile similarity
  • Self-other agreement

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'A comparison of self-other agreement in personal values versus the Big Five personality traits'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this