The Big Five Personality Traits and Their Sub-Facets

Neuroticism (the inverse of emotional stability)

• Anxiety
• Hostility
• Depression
• Self-Consciousness
• Impulsiveness
• Vulnerability to Stress

Extroversion

• Warmth
• Gregariousness
• Assertiveness
• Activity
• Sensation Seeking (sometimes called Novelty Seeking or Excitement Seeking)
• Positive Emotion

Openness to experience

• Fantasy
• Aesthetics
• Feelings
• Actions
• Ideas
• Values

Agreeableness

• Trust
• Straightforwardness
• Altruism
• Compliance
• Modesty
• Tendermindedness

Conscientiousness

• Competence
• Order
• Dutifulness
• Achievement Striving
• Self-Discipline
• Deliberation