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Paul T. Costa

Johns Hopkins University ORCID

536

Works

106,241

Citations

149

h-index

388

i10-index

Research Topics

Personality Traits and Psychology Personality Disorders and Psychopathology Cognitive Abilities and Testing

Affiliations

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine2001–2001

Canadian Nurses Association2004–2004

Boston University1977–2009

Northwestern University1991–1991

University of Maryland, Baltimore1985–1989

Top Works

Validation of the five-factor model of personality across instruments and observers.

Robert R. McCrae,Paul T. Costa

19875,990 citations

Psychological Testing and Assessment

Mental Health Research Topics

Personality trait structure as a human universal.

Robert R. McCrae,Paul T. Costa

19973,807 citations

Four ways five factors are basic

Paul T. Costa,Robert R. McCrae

19923,329 citations

Normal personality assessment in clinical practice: The NEO Personality Inventory.

Paul T. Costa,Robert R. McCrae

19923,183 citations

Gender differences in personality traits across cultures: Robust and surprising findings.

Paul T. Costa,Antonio Terracciano,et al.

20012,916 citations

The five-factor theory of personality.

Robert R. McCrae,Paul T. Costa

20082,494 citations

NEO inventories for the NEO Personality Inventory-3 (NEO-PI-3), NEO Five-Factor Inventory-3 (NEO-FFI-3), NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO PI-R) : professional manual

Robert R. McCrae,Paul T. Costa

20102,349 citations

Influence of extraversion and neuroticism on subjective well-being: Happy and unhappy people.

Paul T. Costa,Robert R. McCrae

19802,098 citations

Domains and Facets: Hierarchical Personality Assessment Using the Revised NEO Personality Inventory

Paul T. Costa,Robert R. McCrae

19952,069 citations