Paul T. Costa

106.2k total citations · 34 hit papers
387 papers, 67.4k citations indexed

About

Paul T. Costa is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul T. Costa has authored 387 papers receiving a total of 67.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 228 papers in Clinical Psychology, 103 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 69 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Paul T. Costa's work include Personality Traits and Psychology (163 papers), Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (97 papers) and Cognitive Abilities and Testing (48 papers). Paul T. Costa is often cited by papers focused on Personality Traits and Psychology (163 papers), Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (97 papers) and Cognitive Abilities and Testing (48 papers). Paul T. Costa collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Paul T. Costa's co-authors include Robert R. McCrae, Robert R. McCrae, Antonio Terracciano, Alan B. Zonderman, Thomas A. Widiger, William W. Eaton, Robert R. McCrae, David Dye, O. Joseph Bienvenu and Corinna E. Löckenhoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Paul T. Costa

378 papers receiving 61.9k citations

Hit Papers

Validation of the five-factor model of personality across... 1980 2026 1995 2010 1987 1997 1992 1992 2001 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Validation of the five-factor model of personality across instruments and observers.
    1987 4.1k citations Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  2. Personality trait structure as a human universal.
    1997 2.6k citations Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa American Psychologist profile →
  3. Normal personality assessment in clinical practice: The NEO Personality Inventory.
    1992 2.3k citations Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae profile →
  4. Four ways five factors are basic
    1992 2.2k citations Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae profile →
  5. Gender differences in personality traits across cultures: Robust and surprising findings.
    2001 1.9k citations Paul T. Costa, Antonio Terracciano et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  6. 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
    2010 1.7k citations Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa profile →
  7. Influence of extraversion and neuroticism on subjective well-being: Happy and unhappy people.
    1980 1.6k citations Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  8. The five-factor theory of personality.
    2008 1.6k citations Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa profile →
  9. Influence of extraversion and neuroticism on subjective well-being: Happy and unhappy people.
    1980 1.5k citations Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  10. Domains and Facets: Hierarchical Personality Assessment Using the Revised NEO Personality Inventory
    1995 1.4k citations Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae Journal of Personality Assessment profile →
  11. Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) and NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI)
    1992 1.4k citations Paul T. Costa et al. profile →
  12. Personality Disorders and The Five-Factor Model of Personality
    1990 1.3k citations Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae profile →
  13. Personality in Adulthood: A Five-Factor Theory Perspective
    2005 1.1k citations Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa profile →
  14. Personality in adulthood: A six-year longitudinal study of self-reports and spouse ratings on the NEO Personality Inventory.
    1988 1.0k citations Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  15. Facet Scales for Agreeableness and Conscientiousness: A Revision of the NEO Personality Inventory
    1991 902 citations Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae et al. profile →
  16. Personality in adulthood: A six-year longitudinal study of self-reports and spouse ratings on the NEO Personality Inventory.
    1988 895 citations Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  17. Personality, coping, and coping effectiveness in an adult sample
    1986 835 citations Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa profile →
  18. A contemplated revision of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory
    2003 789 citations Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa profile →
  19. Neuroticism, Somatic Complaints, and Disease: Is the Bark Worse than the Bite?
    1987 781 citations Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae profile →
  20. Nature over nurture: Temperament, personality, and life span development.
    2000 745 citations Paul T. Costa et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  21. The Five-Factor Model of Personality and Its Relevance to Personality Disorders
    1992 741 citations Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae profile →
  22. Adding Liebe und Arbeit: The Full Five-Factor Model and Well-Being
    1991 717 citations Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa profile →
  23. Nature over nurture: Temperament, personality, and life span development.
    2000 706 citations Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  24. Toward a new generation of personality theories: Theoretical contexts for the five-factor model.
    1996 676 citations Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa profile →
  25. Evaluating replicability of factors in the Revised NEO Personality Inventory: Confirmatory factor analysis versus Procrustes rotation.
    1996 655 citations Robert R. McCrae, Alan B. Zonderman et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  26. Personality in Adulthood
    2003 644 citations Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa et al. profile →
  27. Normal Human Aging: The Baltimore Longitudinal Study on Aging
    1984 613 citations Paul T. Costa et al. profile →
  28. Reinterpreting the Myers‐Briggs Type Indicator From the Perspective of the Five‐Factor Model of Personality
    1989 598 citations Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa profile →
  29. Social desirability scales: More substance than style.
    1983 588 citations Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa profile →
  30. The structure of interpersonal traits: Wiggins's circumplex and the five-factor model.
    1989 544 citations Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  31. Updating Norman's "adequacy taxonomy": Intelligence and personality dimensions in natural language and in questionnaires.
    1985 527 citations Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  32. From catalog to classification: Murray's needs and the five-factor model.
    1988 515 citations Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  33. The Stability of Personality: Observations and Evaluations
    1994 458 citations Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa profile →
  34. Symptoms of Psychologic Distress Associated With Irritable Bowel Syndrome
    1988 400 citations Alan B. Zonderman, Paul T. Costa et al. profile →

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Paul T. Costa
Comparison fields: 5 of 213
  • Clinical Psychology 34.3k
  • Social Psychology 22.1k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 17.2k
  • Sociology and Political Science 10.9k
  • Applied Psychology 9.0k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Effect of hormone therapy on personality traits: preliminary evidence in older men and women
2024 ·Climacteric ·(unknown), Kristen Mordecai, Susan M. Resnick, Antonio Terracciano, Adrian S. Dobs, Samuel C. Durso, Paul T. Costa, Pauline M. Maki
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Traits and treadmills: Association between personality and perceived fatigability in well-functioning community-dwelling older adults.
2021 ·Psychology and Aging ·Thomas Chan, Amal A. Wanigatunga, Antonio Terracciano, Michelle C. Carlson, Karen Bandeen‐Roche, Paul T. Costa, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Jennifer A. Schrack
6
3
Standardization of the NEO-PI-3 in the Greek general population
2014 ·Annals of General Psychiatry ·Konstantinos Ν. Fountoulakis, Melina Siamouli, (unknown), (unknown), Katerina A. Moutou, Panagiotis Panagiotidis, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Antonio Preti, Leonardo Tondo, Xénia Gonda, (unknown), Kareen K. Akiskal, Hagop S. Akiskal, Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae
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4
Care Recipient Agreeableness Is Associated With Caregiver Subjective Physical Health Status
2012 ·The Journals of Gerontology Series B ·Catherine Riffin, Corinna E. Löckenhoff, Karl Pillemer, Bruce Friedman, Paul T. Costa
8
5
Perceptions of stressful life events as turning points are associated with self-rated health and psychological distress
2010 ·Anxiety Stress & Coping ·Angelina R. Sutin, Paul T. Costa, Elaine Wethington, William W. Eaton
41
6
Personality and Career Success
2009 ·European Journal of Personality ·Angelina R. Sutin, Paul T. Costa, Richard A. Miech, William W. Eaton
6
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The Personality Domains and Styles of the Five-Factor Model are Related to Incident Depression in Medicare Recipients Aged 65 to 100
2009 ·American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry ·Alexander Weiß, Angelina R. Sutin, Paul R. Duberstein, Bruce Friedman, R. Michael Bagby, Paul T. Costa
69
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Personality and Differential Treatment Response in Major Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy and Pharmacotherapy
2008 ·The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry ·R. Michael Bagby, Lena C. Quilty, Zindel V. Segal, (unknown), Sidney H. Kennedy, Paul T. Costa
128
9
Age differences in recognition of emotion in lexical stimuli and facial expressions.
2007 ·Psychology and Aging ·Derek M. Isaacowitz, Corinna E. Löckenhoff, Richard D. Lane, Ron Wright, Lee Sechrest, Robert G. Riedel, Paul T. Costa
251
10
Anxiety and depressive disorders and the five-factor model of personality: A higher- and lower-order personality trait investigation in a community sample
2004 ·Depression and Anxiety ·O. Joseph Bienvenu, Jack Samuels, Paul T. Costa, Irving M. Reti, William W. Eaton, Gerald Nestadt
293
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The longitudinal relationship between personality disorder dimensions and global functioning in a community-residing population
2004 ·Psychological Medicine ·Jin Pyo Hong, Jack Samuels, O. Joseph Bienvenu, Fang‐Chi Hsu, William W. Eaton, Paul T. Costa, Gerald Nestadt
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Change in Depressive Symptoms in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
2004 ·The Journals of Gerontology Series B ·Adam Davey, Charles F. Halverson, Alan B. Zonderman, Paul T. Costa
52
13
Borderline personality disorder from the perspective of general personality functioning.
2003 ·Journal of Abnormal Psychology ·Timothy J. Trull, Thomas A. Widiger, Donald R. Lynam, Paul T. Costa
134
14
Patterns of Change in Hostility from College to Midlife in the UNC Alumni Heart Study Predict High-Risk Status
2003 ·Psychosomatic Medicine ·Ilene C. Siegler, Paul T. Costa, Beverly H. Brummett, Michael J. Helms, John C. Barefoot, Redford B. Williams, W. Grant Dahlstrom, Berton H. Kaplan, Peter P. Vitaliano, Milton Z. Nichaman, R. Sue Day, Barbara K. Rimer
63
15
Capturing interests: therapeutic recreation activities for persons with dementia.
2001 ·Therapeutic Recreation Journal ·Ann Kolanowski, Linda L. Buettner, Paul T. Costa, Mark S. Litaker
48
16
Personality trait structure as a human universal.
1997 ·American Psychologist ·Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa
275
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Domains and Facets: Hierarchical Personality Assessment Using the Revised NEO Personality Inventory breakdown →
1995 ·Journal of Personality Assessment ·Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae
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Response stability and reliability in longitudinal health evaluations
1992 ·Aging Clinical and Experimental Research ·E. Jeffrey Metter, (unknown), Paul T. Costa, Larry J. Brant, Alan B. Zonderman, James L. Fozard
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The structure of interpersonal traits: Wiggins's circumplex and the five-factor model. breakdown →
1989 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa
544
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Task force 2: Psychological risk factors in coronary artery disease
1987 ·Circulation ·Paul T. Costa, David S. Krantz, James A. Blumenthal
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