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'''Paul Costa, Jr.''' is an American psychologist associated with the [[Big Five personality traits|Five Factor Model]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Martin|first1=G Neil|last2=Buskist|first2=William|last3=Carlson|first3=Neil R|title=Psychology| edition=4th|year=2009|publisher=Allyn & Bacon|isbn=0-273-72010-4|page=32}}</ref>
'''Paul Costa Jr.''' (born September 16, 1942) is an American psychologist associated with the [[Big Five personality traits|Five Factor Model]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Martin|first1=G Neil|last2=Buskist|first2=William|last3=Carlson|first3=Neil R|title=Psychology| edition=4th|year=2009|publisher=Allyn & Bacon|isbn=978-0-273-72010-2|page=32}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul Costa {{!}} Johns Hopkins {{!}} Bloomberg School of Public Health |url=https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/1125/paul-t-costa |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=publichealth.jhu.edu |language=en}}</ref> He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1970.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=10.7: Paul Costa and Robert McCrae and the Five-Factor Model of Personality |url=https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Book%3A_Personality_Theory_in_a_Cultural_Context_(Kelland)/10%3A_Trait_Theories_of_Personality/10.07%3A_Paul_Costa_and_Robert_McCrae_and_the_Five-Factor_Model_of_Personality |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=Social Sci LibreTexts |language=en}}</ref>


Author of over 300 academic articles, several books, he is perhaps best known for the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, or [[NEO PI-R]], a [[psychological]] [[Personality Assessment Inventory|personality inventory]]; a 240-item measure of the Five Factor Model: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience. Additionally, the test measures six subordinate dimensions (known as 'facets') of each of the "FFM" personality factors, developed together with [[Robert McCrae (psycholgist)|Robert McCrae]]. Work on this model has made Costa one of the most cited living psychologists.{{cn|date=April 2012}}
Author of over 300 academic articles, several books, he is perhaps best known for the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, or [[NEO PI-R]], a [[psychological]] [[Personality Assessment Inventory|personality inventory]]; a 240-item measure of the Five Factor Model: [[Extraversion and introversion|Extraversion]], [[Agreeableness]], [[Conscientiousness]], [[Neuroticism]], and [[Openness to Experience]]. Additionally, the test measures six subordinate dimensions (known as 'facets') of each of the "FFM" personality factors, developed together with [[Robert R. McCrae|Robert McCrae]]. Work on this model has made Costa one of the most cited living psychologists,<ref name="Reuters2012">Thomson Reuters Research Analytics, (2012). [http://highlycited.com/categories/psychology_psychiatry highlycited.com-psychology_psychiatry].</ref> with an [[H-index|H index]] of over 135.<ref name="Scholar2017">Google Scholar, (2017). [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UTRJOukAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra|scholar link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410232130/https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UTRJOukAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra%7Cscholar |date=2016-04-10 }}.</ref>


Alongside this inventory, he and McCrae have argued that personality is stable, especially after age 30, that it is universal (present in the same structure across ethnicities, cultures and times), that the core structure consists of five major domains, that these in turn reflect a facet-based structure. He has argued that personality is an important influence on behavior (as opposed to situational models where individual behavior reflects no lasting individual differences), including longevity and health.
Alongside this inventory, he and [[Robert R. McCrae|McCrae]] have argued that personality is stable, especially after age 30, that it is universal (present in the same structure across ethnicities, cultures and times), that the core structure consists of [[five factor model|five major domains]], and that these in turn reflect a facet-based structure. He has argued that personality is an important influence on behavior (as opposed to [[Person-situation debate|situational]] models where individual behavior reflects no lasting individual differences), including longevity and health.


== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{Official website|http://www.grc.nia.nih.gov/branches/lpc/costa.htm NIH}}
* {{Official website|http://www.grc.nia.nih.gov/branches/lpc/costa.htm}}


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Latest revision as of 05:17, 29 February 2024

Paul Costa Jr.
BornSeptember 16, 1942
Franklin, New Hampshire, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Known forResearch on the structure of personality
Scientific career
FieldsPersonality Psychology
InstitutionsNIH

Paul Costa Jr. (born September 16, 1942) is an American psychologist associated with the Five Factor Model.[1][2] He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1970.[3]

Author of over 300 academic articles, several books, he is perhaps best known for the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, or NEO PI-R, a psychological personality inventory; a 240-item measure of the Five Factor Model: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience. Additionally, the test measures six subordinate dimensions (known as 'facets') of each of the "FFM" personality factors, developed together with Robert McCrae. Work on this model has made Costa one of the most cited living psychologists,[4] with an H index of over 135.[5]

Alongside this inventory, he and McCrae have argued that personality is stable, especially after age 30, that it is universal (present in the same structure across ethnicities, cultures and times), that the core structure consists of five major domains, and that these in turn reflect a facet-based structure. He has argued that personality is an important influence on behavior (as opposed to situational models where individual behavior reflects no lasting individual differences), including longevity and health.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Martin, G Neil; Buskist, William; Carlson, Neil R (2009). Psychology (4th ed.). Allyn & Bacon. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-273-72010-2.
  2. ^ "Paul Costa | Johns Hopkins | Bloomberg School of Public Health". publichealth.jhu.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  3. ^ "10.7: Paul Costa and Robert McCrae and the Five-Factor Model of Personality". Social Sci LibreTexts. 2019-02-18. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  4. ^ Thomson Reuters Research Analytics, (2012). highlycited.com-psychology_psychiatry.
  5. ^ Google Scholar, (2017). link Archived 2016-04-10 at the Wayback Machine.

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