See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232579855 More Reasons to Adopt the Five-Factor Model Article in American Psychologist · February 1989 DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.44.2.451 CITATIONS READS 140 2,126 2 authors, including: Paul Costa Duke University Medical Center 458 PUBLICATIONS 96,995 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Genetics of Personality Consortium View project SNPs and Personality View project All content following this page was uploaded by Paul Costa on 24 February 2015. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. View publication stats