Further Evidence for the Cross‐Cultural Generality of the Big Seven Factor Model: Indigenous and Imported Spanish Personality Constructs

Recent research has established the structural robustness of the Big Seven across samples and targets. In this study we analyze a diverse pool of Spanish personality terms to assess the cross‐cultural and cross‐language robustness of the Big Seven model. Trait terms were culled from an unabridged Spanish dictionary following the nonrestrictive selection criteria previously used by Tellegen and Waller. Self‐ratings on 299 descriptors by 894 Spanish university students yielded a seven‐factor solution that was clearly recognizable—with important cultural‐specific differences—as the Big Seven. These indigenous dimensions were compared with factors from Spanish‐translated Big Seven and Big Five questionnaires. Our results demonstrate that the Big Seven are cross‐culturally and cross‐linguistically robust personality dimensions that are not subsumable by the Big Five.