Superfactor

Super factor is a higher order or secondary factor, representing a higher level organization of traits than the initial, primary factors derived from factor analysis. Super Factor is the highest level trait - i.e., extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism. Super factors are based on "constitutional, genetic, or inborn factors, which are to be discovered in the physiological, neurological, and biochemical structure of the individual". Super factors determine that each person does not necessarily have either 100 percent or zero percent of neuroticism, extraversion, or psychoticism; an individual may show some degree of this super factor on the continuum. For example, A person may have high neuroticism, moderate extraversion, and low psychoticism.