A principal components analysis was performed on the self-ratings obtained from the Personality Adjective List (PAL-1) for a sample of 202 male and female college students. The obtained components were then rotated according to the varimax procedure. The varimax factors obtained were: Congeniality, Ingenuity, Striving, Vivacity, Articulateness, Curiosity, Meditativeness, Individuality, and Open-mindedness.
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