List the Big Five factors of personality. Which factor has research revealed as a key predictor of adjustment and competence? List at least two outcomes that have been linked to that factor.
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The Big Five factors of personality are: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism (emotional stability). The major finding in the study of the Big Five factors in adolescence is the emergence of conscientiousness. This factor has been linked to both high-school and college grade point average. Conscientiousness has also been correlated with better interpersonal relationships, higher-quality friendships, better acceptance by peers, and less victimization by peers. On a more negative note, adolescents who are low in conscientiousness tend to have more problems with substance abuse, more conduct problems, and a higher mortality risk than their counterparts who are higher in this trait.
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