RELATING THE TELLEGEN AND 5-FACTOR MODELS OF PERSONALITY STRUCTURE

With 575 college students, the relationship between A. Tellegen's (198 5) personality model, assessed with the Multidimensional Personality Q uestionnaire (MPQ), and the Big Five model, operationalized by Costa a nd McCrae's (1985) NEO Personality Inventory, was investigated. Correl ations and joint factor analyses indicated that the MPQ constructs cou ld be well-organized under the Big Five model, and the NEO constructs could be well-organized under the Tellegen higher-order dimensions (pl us Absorption). Tellegen's higher-order dimensions relate to component s of the Big Five hierarchically: Negative Emotionality encompasses Bi g Five Neuroticism and Agreeableness, Positive Emotionality encompasse s Extraversion and the surgent aspect of Conscientiousness, and Constr aint encompasses the controlled aspect of Conscientiousness and much o f Openness to Experience.