RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS AND THE 5-FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY CLASSIFICATION

The relationship between psychological needs, operationalized by the A djective Check List (ACL), and the Five-Factor model of personality cl assification, operationalized by the NEO-PI-R, was evaluated in 147 (1 01 women and 46 men) psychology graduate students. We found presence o f the Five Factors in the ACL in that 30 of 37 ACL scales correlated g reater than 40 with at least one of the NEO-PI-R factors. This replica tes and extends previous findings and is further evidence of construct validity of the five-factor model, as it pertains to personality clas sification. (C) 1998 Academic Press.