What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Internal medicine
- Social psychology
- Cognition
His main research concerns Personality, Big Five personality traits, Developmental psychology, Social psychology and Personality Assessment Inventory.
His Personality research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Clinical psychology and Openness to experience.
His research investigates the connection between Developmental psychology and topics such as Happiness that intersect with problems in Mental health.
In general Social psychology study, his work on Personality theory, Personality psychology and Temperament often relates to the realm of Trait, thereby connecting several areas of interest.
In his study, Psychometrics is strongly linked to Personality test, which falls under the umbrella field of Personality Assessment Inventory.
The concepts of his Agreeableness study are interwoven with issues in Hierarchical structure of the Big Five and Facet.
His most cited work include:
- Validation of the five-factor model of personality across instruments and observers. (4046 citations)
- Personality trait structure as a human universal. (2604 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 (2348 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Personality, Big Five personality traits, Developmental psychology, Personality Assessment Inventory and Clinical psychology are his primary areas of study.
His study on Personality is covered under Social psychology.
His Big Five personality traits study focuses mostly on Revised NEO Personality Inventory, Alternative five model of personality, Big Five personality traits and culture, Facet and Hierarchical structure of the Big Five.
Adult development is closely connected to Personality development in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Developmental psychology.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Psychometrics and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.
His work in Clinical psychology addresses issues such as Personality disorders, which are connected to fields such as 16PF Questionnaire.
He most often published in these fields:
- Personality (70.86%)
- Big Five personality traits (47.32%)
- Developmental psychology (39.16%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2006-2021)?
- Personality (70.86%)
- Big Five personality traits (47.32%)
- Clinical psychology (31.00%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Paul T. Costa mostly deals with Personality, Big Five personality traits, Clinical psychology, Developmental psychology and Personality Assessment Inventory.
Social psychology covers Paul T. Costa research in Personality.
His work on Extraversion and introversion and Hierarchical structure of the Big Five is typically connected to Trait as part of general Big Five personality traits study, connecting several disciplines of science.
He has researched Clinical psychology in several fields, including Personality disorders, Self-rated health, Alternative five model of personality, 16PF Questionnaire and Mental health.
His Developmental psychology research integrates issues from Cross-cultural studies, Cognition and Personality development.
His Personality Assessment Inventory research incorporates themes from Big Five personality traits and culture, Facet and Psychometrics.
Between 2006 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- 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 (2348 citations)
- The five-factor theory of personality. (2191 citations)
- The revised NEO personality inventory (NEO-PI-R) (566 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Internal medicine
- Cognition
- Psychiatry
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Personality, Big Five personality traits, Neuroticism, Developmental psychology and Personality Assessment Inventory.
His work in the fields of Personality, such as Conscientiousness, Agreeableness and Facet, intersects with other areas such as Trait and Genome-wide association study.
His Big Five personality traits study incorporates themes from Impulsivity and Clinical psychology.
His work carried out in the field of Neuroticism brings together such families of science as Genetics, Psychiatry and Internal medicine.
The various areas that Paul T. Costa examines in his Developmental psychology study include Coping, Cross-cultural studies, Cognition and Personality development.
Paul T. Costa has included themes like Psychometrics, Five factor inventory, Test validity, Big Five personality traits and culture and International Personality Item Pool in his Personality Assessment Inventory study.
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