neuroticism
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The most widely used model to determine personality is the Five Factor Model, which determines one’s tendency toward extraversion, openness, neuroticism, conscientiousness and agreeableness.
From Seattle Times
Their characters are also driven by a neuroticism Rooney painstakingly details on the page, but that doesn’t quite translate in certain scenes.
From Washington Post
Insecurity in dogs parallels neuroticism in humans, for example.
From Science Magazine
Where they turn in circles, succumbing to technological neuroticism.
From New York Times
“Whereas people who see themselves as cat people tend to score higher on the personality traits of neuroticism and openness to new ideas.”
From Washington Post
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