# Descriptive, Predictive and Explanatory Personality Research: Different Goals, Different Approaches, but a Shared Need to Move beyond the Big Few Traits

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/descriptive-predictive-and-explanatory-personality-research-different-goals/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | René Mõttus,Dustin Wood,David Condon,Mitja D. Back,Anna Baumert,Giulio Costantini,Sacha Epskamp,Samuel Greiff,Wendy Johnson,Aaron W. Lukaszewski,Aja Louise Murray,William Revelle,Aidan G.C. Wright,Tal Yarkoni,Matthias Ziegler,Johannes Zimmermann |
| Citations | 227 |
| DOI | 10.1002/per.2311 |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | green |
| OA URL | https://hdl.handle.net/10281/300500 |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W3110670080 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2020 |

## Paper authors

- [Aja Louise Murray](https://scholariq.org/researchers/aja-louise-murray/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Mental Health Research Topics](https://scholariq.org/topics/mental-health-research-topics/)

## Paper topics

- [Mental Health Research Topics](https://scholariq.org/topics/mental-health-research-topics/)
- [Personality Traits and Psychology](https://scholariq.org/topics/personality-traits-and-psychology/)
- [Personality Disorders and Psychopathology](https://scholariq.org/topics/personality-disorders-and-psychopathology/)

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