Your HEXACO profile

Your six traits

1. Honesty-humility

   Average · 60 of 100

   Sincere, fair and modest

   You are usually honest and fair, but you can be tactical or enjoy status and nice things now and then.

   Honesty-humility is about not using others for your own gain: being sincere, playing fair, caring little for status and luxury, and not seeing yourself as above others. It is the trait the HEXACO model adds to the Big Five.

   Facets

   • Sincerity55
     Being genuine instead of flattering or pretending to get your way
   • Fairness60
     Avoiding fraud and cheating, even when you could get away with it
   • Greed avoidance63
     Caring little for wealth, luxury and social status
   • Modesty63
     Seeing yourself as an ordinary person, not entitled to special treatment

2. Emotionality

   High · 68 of 100

   Sensitive, anxious and emotionally attached

   You feel fear, worry and other strong emotions easily, and you value support and closeness with others. You are likely to be caring and empathic, but stress can weigh heavily on you.

   Emotionality is about how strongly you react to danger and stress, how much you need emotional support, and how attached you feel to others. It overlaps with neuroticism in the Big Five, but also includes sentimentality and empathy.

   Facets

   • Fearfulness68
     Being afraid of physical danger and avoiding risks
   • Anxiety65
     Worrying, even about small things, and feeling stressed
   • Dependence68
     Needing emotional support and comfort from others
   • Sentimentality73
     Strong emotional bonds and empathy with others

3. Extraversion

   Average · 49 of 100

   Social, confident and lively

   You enjoy company and can speak up in groups, but you also value time on your own.

   Extraversion is about how you feel about yourself in social settings: self-confidence, boldness in groups, enjoying company and feeling enthusiastic and energetic.

   Facets

   • Expressiveness48
     Showing your feelings and being outgoing and talkative
   • Social boldness50
     Being confident with strangers and in groups, and speaking up
   • Sociability60
     Enjoying conversation, parties and other people's company
   • Liveliness38
     Feeling cheerful, optimistic and full of energy

4. Agreeableness

   Low · 24 of 100

   Forgiving, gentle and patient

   You tend to hold grudges, criticise others and get angry when things do not go your way. You stand up for yourself, but conflicts may come more easily.

   Agreeableness in the HEXACO model is about how you react when others treat you badly: forgiving, judging mildly, compromising and keeping your temper. It is narrower than in the Big Five, where it also includes honesty and empathy.

   Facets

   • Forgiveness18
     Trusting and liking people again after they have wronged you
   • Gentleness23
     Being mild and lenient when judging others
   • Flexibility23
     Compromising and cooperating instead of insisting on your own way
   • Patience33
     Staying calm instead of getting angry

5. Conscientiousness

   High · 83 of 100

   Organised, hardworking and careful

   You are organised, hardworking and careful, and you think before you act. Others can rely on you, though you may sometimes be too strict with yourself.

   Conscientiousness is about how you organise your time and surroundings, how hard you work towards goals, how thorough you are and how carefully you make decisions.

   Facets

   • Organisation88
     Keeping things tidy and working in a structured way
   • Diligence83
     Working hard and pushing yourself towards goals
   • Perfectionism83
     Being thorough and checking details carefully
   • Prudence80
     Thinking things through and controlling impulses

6. Openness to experience

   Average · 46 of 100

   Curious, creative and unconventional

   You can enjoy new ideas and experiences, but you also appreciate the familiar and practical.

   Openness to experience is about how much you are drawn to beauty in art and nature, seek knowledge, use your imagination and accept unusual ideas and people.

   Facets

   • Aesthetic appreciation48
     Enjoying beauty in art, music and nature
   • Inquisitiveness40
     Seeking knowledge about the natural and human world
   • Creativity50
     Wanting to innovate and using your imagination
   • Unconventionality45
     Being open to the unusual and to radical ideas

No public norms exist for the IPIP-HEXACO scales, so the scores show where you are on the answer scale, not how you compare with other people. Low, average and high use the same limits as our Big Five test. Neither end of a scale is better than the other.