The Dutch HEXACO Personality Inventory: psychometric properties, self-other agreement, and relations with psychopathy among low and high acquaintanceship dyads

J Pers Assess. 2008 Mar;90(2):142-51. doi: 10.1080/00223890701845195.

Abstract

The HEXACO model (Lee & Ashton, 2004, 2006) of personality structure is based on 6 dimensions that have been recovered in lexical studies of personality in various languages. In this study, we examined a Dutch version of the HEXACO Personality Inventory (HEXACO-PI; Lee & Ashton, 2004) and found it to have satisfactory psychometric properties. Additionally, we examined the level of self-other agreement for the HEXACO-PI variables and the relation of HEXACO-PI Honesty-Humility with the Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (Williams, Paulhus, & Hare, 2007) at varying levels of self-other acquaintanceship. Self-other agreement was found to be high, especially among dyads with high levels of acquaintanceship. Self-reported and other-reported Honesty-Humility and Emotionality were the strongest predictors of psychopathy. The relation between other-reported Honesty-Humility and self-reported psychopathy was near zero for dyads with low levels of acquaintanceship but was moderately strong for dyads with high levels of acquaintanceship.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Data Collection / methods*
  • Factor Analysis, Statistical
  • Family*
  • Female
  • Friends*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mental Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Models, Psychological
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Netherlands
  • Observer Variation
  • Personality
  • Personality Inventory*
  • Psychometrics
  • Regression Analysis
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Spouses*