<p>This might help:
Costa, P. T., Jr., &amp; McCrae, R. R. (1995). Domains and facets: Hierarchical personality assessment using the Revised NEO Personality Inventory. Journal of Personality Assessment, 64, 21–50.
It is available on the web at:
<a href="http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul_Costa3/publication/7402610_Domains_and_facets_hierarchical_personality_assessment_using_the_revised_NEO_personality_inventory/links/00b49515b9ad9348b8000000.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul_Costa3/publication/7402610_Domains_and_facets_hierarchical_personality_assessment_using_the_revised_NEO_personality_inventory/links/00b49515b9ad9348b8000000.pdf</a></p>

<p>Also, the test manual:
Costa, P. T., Jr., &amp; McCrae, R. R. (1992). Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) and NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) professional manual. Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources.</p>

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Joel W
<p>I need some decent explanations/descriptions for each of the 30 Big5 facets, like a1, a2, a3 etc etc.
I have been googling around for it, but all I have found are very short descriptions that vary too much.
There must be some kind of official, scientific definition of the facets somewhere, but where can I find it?</p>

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Are you only interested in the NEO PI Big 5 facet structure? It is worth noting that there are other many other factor-facet models of personality, some of which are also based on the Big 5.
Jeromy Anglim
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As long as it's the Big 5 facets and the descriptions are more than 1-2 sentences per facet I am happy :)
The latter is my challenge
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Where can I find decent descriptions for each Big5 facet?
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# Where can I find decent descriptions for each Big5 facet?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-05-28)

I need some decent explanations/descriptions for each of the 30 Big5 facets, like a1, a2, a3 etc etc.
I have been googling around for it, but all I have found are very short descriptions that vary too much.
There must be some kind of official, scientific definition of the facets somewhere, but where can I find it?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Are you only interested in the NEO PI Big 5 facet structure? It is worth noting that there are other many other factor-facet models of personality, some of which are also based on the Big 5.  
> **username_0**: As long as it's the Big 5 facets and the descriptions are more than 1-2 sentences per facet I am happy :) The latter is my challenge  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-05-29. Score: 3

This might help:
Costa, P. T., Jr., & McCrae, R. R. (1995). Domains and facets: Hierarchical personality assessment using the Revised NEO Personality Inventory. Journal of Personality Assessment, 64, 21–50.
It is available on the web at:
<http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul_Costa3/publication/7402610_Domains_and_facets_hierarchical_personality_assessment_using_the_revised_NEO_personality_inventory/links/00b49515b9ad9348b8000000.pdf>

Also, the test manual:
Costa, P. T., Jr., & McCrae, R. R. (1992). Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) and NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) professional manual. Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources.


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