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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812108503321

Autore

Lee Kibeom <1966->

Titolo

The H factor of personality [[electronic resource] ] : why some people are manipulative, self-entitled, materialistic, and exploitive-- and why it matters for everyone / / Kibeom Lee and Michael C. Ashton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-55458-865-0

1-55458-864-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AshtonMichael C <1970-> (Michael Craig)

Disciplina

155.2/64

Soggetti

Personality

Honesty - Psychologicial aspects

Humility - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-201).

Nota di contenuto

Meet the H factor -- The missing link of personality psychology -- HEXACO: the six dimensions of personality -- A field guide to low-H people -- Can you tell someone's level of H? -- Do high-H people flock together? -- Politics -- Religion -- Money, power, and sex -- How to identify low-H people, and how to live around them.

Sommario/riassunto

People who have high levels of H are sincere and modest; people who have low levels are deceitful and pretentious. The “H” in the H factor stands for “Honesty-Humility,” one of the six basic dimensions of the human personality.   It isn’t intuitively obvious that traits of honesty and humility go hand in hand, and until very recently the H factor hadn’t been recognized as a basic dimension of personality. But scientific evidence shows that traits of honesty and humility form a unified group of personality traits, separate from those of the other five groups identified several decades ago. This book, written by the discoverers of the H factor, explores the scientific findings that show the importance of this personality dimension in various aspects of people’s lives: their approaches to money, power, and sex; their inclination to commit crimes or obey the law; their attitudes about society, politics, and religion; and their choice of friends and spouse. Finally, the book



provides ways of identifying people who are low in the H factor, as well as advice on how to raise one’s own level of H.