The Power of Personality: The Comparative Validity of Personality Traits, Socioeconomic Status, and Cognitive Ability for Predicting Important Life Outcomes

W. Roberts, Brent; R. Kuncel, Nathan; Shiner, Rebecca; Caspi, Avshalom; R. Goldberg, Lewis

doi:10.1111/j.1745-6916.2007.00047.x

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The Power of Personality: The Comparative Validity of Personality Traits, Socioeconomic Status, and Cognitive Ability for Predicting Important Life Outcomes

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Authors:

Brent W. Roberts

Nathan R. Kuncel

Rebecca Shiner

Abstract

The ability of personality traits to predict important life outcomes has traditionally been questioned because of the putative small effects of personality. In this article, we compare the predictive validity of personality traits with that of socioeconomic status (SES) and cognitive ability to test...

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