Behaviors predict outcomes better than the Big Five

Abstract

Figure 1: Correlation matrix of traditional Big Five scales, behavioral Big Five scales (composed of items from Tables 1-5), four outcomes, and four empirical scales formed from items most highly correlated with each outcome (composed of items from Tables 6-9). Color-coded for size and sign. All correlations corrected for item overlap. Lower diagonal: raw correlations. Upper diagonal: corrected for attenuation. Diagonal: alphas.