A latent profile analysis of the Five Factor Model of personality: A constructive replication and extension

Recent research into the underlying structure of personality has created considerable debate among academics. Further, a new, person-centered approach to studying personality has recently gathered support, but results have been underwhelming and inconsistent. The present study steps into the debate from a new angle with a constructive replication and derives a model of latent personality profiles in an archival sample of over three million...