Personalidad y el síndrome AHI (Agresión-hostilidad-ira)relación de los cinco grandes con ira y hostilidad

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the relationships of the personality dimensions of the five-factor model or Big Five (assessed by the NEO PI-R) with trait anger (assessed by the STAXI-2) and with two specific traits of hostility (mistrust and confrontation assessed, respectively, by the Trust and Compliance scales of the NEO PI-R), and to identify the similarities and differences between trait anger and hostility in the framework of the Big Five. In a sample of 262 male and female adults from the general population, the Big Five explained a significant percentage of individual differences in trait anger and hostility after controlling the effects due to the relationship between both constructs and to content overlapping across scales. In addition, trait anger was primarily associated with neuroticism, whereas mistrust and confrontation were principally related to low agreeableness. These findings are discussed in the context of the anger-hostility-aggression syndrome and the capability of the Big Five for organizing and clarifying related personality constructs.