Assessing Personality With Multi-Descriptor Items

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-125
Author(s):  
Johannes Schult ◽  
Rebecca Schneider ◽  
Jörn R. Sparfeldt

Abstract. The need for efficient personality inventories has led to the wide use of short instruments. The corresponding items often contain multiple, potentially conflicting descriptors within one item. In Study 1 ( N = 198 university students), the reliability and validity of the TIPI (Ten-Item Personality Inventory) was compared with the reliability and validity of a modified TIPI based on items that rephrased each two-descriptor item into two single-descriptor items. In Study 2 ( N = 268 university students), we administered the BFI-10 (Big Five Inventory short version) and a similarly modified version of the BFI-10 without two-descriptor items. In both studies, reliability and construct validity values occasionally improved for separated multi-descriptor items. The inventories with multi-descriptor items showed shortcomings in some factors of the TIPI and the BFI-10. However, the other scales worked comparably well in the original and modified inventories. The limitations of short personality inventories with multi-descriptor items are discussed.

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Storme ◽  
Jean-Louis Tavani ◽  
Nils Myszkowski

Abstract. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) in a French-speaking sample (1,554 participants, 59.3% of women). Our results showed that the French version of the TIPI has acceptable psychometric properties with satisfactory levels of temporal stability (after three and six weeks), satisfactory convergent and divergent construct validity in relationship with the Big Five Inventory (BFI), emotional intelligence, and self-esteem. As in the other translations of the TIPI, the limitation of our adaptation is the low level of internal consistency, especially concerning agreeableness, as in the Spanish version. The French TIPI is a promising scale that should be used preferably for exploratory purposes.


2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 236-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsushi Oshio ◽  
Shingo Abe ◽  
Pino Cutrone ◽  
Samuel D. Gosling

The Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI; Gosling, Rentfrow, & Swann, 2003 ) is a widely used very brief measure of the Big Five personality dimensions. Oshio, Abe, and Cutrone (2012) have developed a Japanese version of the TIPI (TIPI-J), which demonstrated acceptable levels of reliability and validity. Until now, all studies examining the validity of the TIPI-J have been conducted in the Japanese language; this reliance on a single language raises concerns about the instrument’s content validity because the instrument could demonstrate reliability (e.g., retest) and some forms of validity (e.g., convergent) but still not capture the full range of the dimensions as originally conceptualized in English. Therefore, to test the content validity of the Japanese TIPI with respect to the original Big Five formulation, we examine the convergence between scores on the TIPI-J and scores on the English-language Big Five Inventory (i.e., the BFI-E), an instrument specifically designed to optimize Big Five content coverage. Two-hundred and twenty-eight Japanese undergraduate students, who were all learning English, completed the two instruments. The results of correlation analyses and structural equation modeling demonstrate the theorized congruence between the TIPI-J and the BFI-E, supporting the content validity of the TIPI-J.


2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Patton ◽  
Peter Creed ◽  
Rebecca Spooner-Lane

This article reports on a further exploration into the reliability and validity of the shortened form of the Career Development Inventory—Australia (Creed & Patton, 2004), a career maturity measure being developed to meet the need for a shorter and more up-to-date measure to provide data on this career development construct. Data gathered from 170 final-year education students (34 males, 132 females) provided partial support for the measure's internal consistency, factor structure and construct validity.


2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 601-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver A. Brust ◽  
Sabine Häder ◽  
Michael Häder

Abstract The inclusion of psychological indicators in survey research has become more common because they offer the possibility of explaining much of the variance in sociological variables. The Big Five personality dimensions in particular are often used to explain opinions, attitudes, and behavior. However, the short versions of the Big Five Inventory (BFI-S) were developed for face-to-face surveys. Studies have shown distortions in the identification of the Big Five factor structure in subsamples of older respondents in landline telephone surveys. We applied the same BFI-S but with a shorter rating scale in a telephone survey with two subsamples (landline and mobile phone). Using exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM), we identified the Big Five structure in the subsamples and the age groups. This finding leads us to conclude that the BFI-S is a powerful means of including personality characteristics in telephone surveys.


Psibernetika ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thoyyibatus Sarirah ◽  
Yeni Puji Rahayu

<div class="WordSection1"><p><strong><em>ABSTRACT: </em></strong><em>This study aimed to know the relationship between the personality and avoidance procrastination of university student. This study used a quantitative correlation with a sample of 400 students obtained by using accidental sampling. This study used two scales that is Big Five Inventory (BFI) by McCrae &amp; Costa (1997) to measure personality and Adult Inventory Procrastination (AIP) by McCown &amp; Johnson (1989) to measure avoidance procrastination. Data analysis used correlation technique of pearson product moment. The results of this study showed that extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness had relationship with avoidance procrastination, but neuroticism and opennes</em><em>s</em><em> to new experience did not have relationship with avoidance procrastination</em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords</em></strong><strong>: </strong><em>Avoidance Procrastination, Personality, University Students</em><strong></strong></p><p><em> </em></p><p><strong>ABSTRAK:</strong> Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara kepribadian dengan <em>avoidance procrastination</em> pada mahasiswa. Pendekatan penelitian yang digunakan adalah kuantitatif dengan jenis penelitian korelasional. Sampel penelitian adalah 400 mahasiswa yang diperoleh dengan menggunakan jenis <em>accidental sampling.</em> Penelitian ini menggunakan dua skala, yaitu: Big Five Inventory (BFI) oleh McCrae &amp; Costa (1997) untuk mengukur kepribadian dan Adult Inventory Procrastination (AIP) oleh McCown &amp; Johnson (1989) untuk mengukur <em>avoidance procrastination.</em> Analisis data menggunakan teknik statistik korelasi <em>Pearson product moment</em><em>. </em>Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa <em>extraversion, agreeableness </em>dan <em>conscientiousness</em> memiliki hubungan dengan <em>avoidance procrastination</em>, sedangkan <em>neuroticism</em> dan <em>opennes</em><em>s</em><em> to new experience</em> tidak memiliki hubungan dengan <em>avoidance procrastination.</em></p><p><strong>Kata Kunci: </strong><em>Avoidance Procrastination</em>, Kepribadian, Mahasiswa</p><p> </p></div>


Assessment ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 472-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergei Shchebetenko ◽  
Aleksey Y. Kalugin ◽  
Arina M. Mishkevich ◽  
Christopher J. Soto ◽  
Oliver P. John

The Big Five Inventory–2 (BFI-2) is a recently published 60-item questionnaire that measures personality traits within the five-factor model framework. An important aspect of the BFI-2 is that it measures the traits at both the domain and facet levels and also controls acquiescence bias via the balanced number of true- and false-keyed items across the domains and facets. The current research evaluates factorial measurement invariance of a Russian version of the BFI-2 across sex and age within samples of 1,024 university students (Study 1) and 1,029 Internet users (Study 2). Across these samples, men scored lower on the domains of negative emotionality and agreeableness and slightly higher on extraversion. Sex differences were also obtained on various facets. In the Internet sample, age correlated modestly with several Big Five domains in accordance with the well-documented maturity principle. The newly developed Russian version of BFI-2 showed good reliability and validity across both samples. Moreover, random intercept exploratory factor analyses showed that the BFI-2 displayed a hierarchical five-domain-15-facet structure that demonstrated strict measurement invariance across sex and age.


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-40
Author(s):  
Angel Sánchez Z ◽  
Edison Andrade S ◽  
Carmen Zambrano V ◽  
Ana Cornejo M

Se realizó el análisis de la relación existente entre los procesos cognitivos y afectivos como determinante de la conducta del consumidor en 255 estudiantes universitarios, en edades entre 20 a 35 años, 36 % fueron hombres y 64 % mujeres. El objetivo fue describir la conducta del consumidor desde los parámetros cognitivos y afectivos explicados desde la neuropsicología. Para la recopilación de información se utilizó el cuestionario de atributos múltiples de Fishbein y el Inventario de personalidad, versión IPIP (16PF-IPIP), de Goldberg. Entre las conclusiones más relevantes, se estableció que las personas que seleccionan objetos de consumo tuvieron una actitud extrovertida, con busca de estabilidad emocional, gregarismo e imaginación a la hora de elegir un producto, por otro lado, en los procesos cognitivos, afectivos y conativos, se obtuvo que el sabor o sazón es determinante a la hora de elegir un producto en 91 %. La variedad de productos satisface el gusto y preferencias a la hora de elegir un producto con el 88,6 % y el buen servicio que recibe es determinante a la hora de volver a comprar un producto en 86,7 %. Se pudo observar en la descripción de la intencionalidad de la conducta, las creencias, convicciones, presión social, que permiten realizar la evaluación de la conducta en la elección del objeto de consumo. ABSTRACT An analysis was made of the relationship between cognitive and affective processes as a determinant of consumer behavior in 255 university students, between 20 and 35 years old, 36% were men and 64% were women. The objective was to describe the behavior of the consumer from the cognitive and affective parameters explained from neuropsychology. For the collection of information, the multi-attribute questionnaire of Fishbein, and the Personality Inventory, IPIP version (16PF-IPIP), was used Goldberg. Among the most relevant conclusions, it was established that people who select consumer objects had an extroverted attitude, looking for emotional stability, gregariousness and imagination when choosing a product, on the other hand, in cognitive, affective and conative processes, it was obtained that the flavor or seasoning is decisive when choosing a product in 91%. The variety of products satisfies the taste and preferences when choosing a product with 88.6% and the good service it receives is decisive when it comes to buying a product again at 86.7%. It could be observed in the description of the intentionality of the behavior, the beliefs, convictions, social pressure, that allow to conduct the evaluation of the behavior in the choice of the object of consumption.  


Author(s):  
Sonia Brito Costa ◽  
Pedro Bem-Haja ◽  
Ana Moisao ◽  
Alfonso Alberty ◽  
Florencio Vicente Castro ◽  
...  

Os dois estudos da presente investigação tiveram como “Conceptual framework” o modelo dos 5 fatores de Costa and McCrae (1987). Num primeiro estudo, traduziu e adaptou-se para a população portuguesa o Big Five Inventory (BFI) de John, Donahue, & Kentle (1991), modificado por Jonh & Srivastava (1999), avaliando a consistência interna e a estabilidade temporal. Num segundo estudo, o objetivo foi avaliar a estrutura fatorial (validade fatorial) e a validade de critério pela comparação concorrente com um instrumento paralelo já validado para Portugal, o Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI), adaptado e validado por Lima e Castro (2009). Neste 2º estudo pretendeu-se, ainda, verificar novamente o comportamento da consistência interna. Após o primeiro estudo, o BFI passou a designar-se por Inventário dos Cinco Grandes Fatores da Personalidade (IGFP5). A amostra do primeiro estudo foi constituída por 150 jogadores de futebol e a do segundo estudo por 369 participantes do mesmo grupo profissional. No primeiro estudo foram obtidos bons valores de consistência interna, sendo confirmada a estabilidade temporal da medida mediante a obtenção de correlações significativas entre o teste e o reteste e a aproximação dos valores absolutos de alfa nos dois momentos. Em relação ao estudo 2, inicialmente foi extraída uma solução com 16 fatores; contudo, após uma análise do screenplot de eigenvalues, a solução fixada foi penta-fatorial e muito próxima, na extração de itens, à validação original e validações de outros países. A validade de critério foi alcançada pela existência de correlações significativas na direção esperada entre os dois questionários aplicados. A consistência interna global manteve, neste segundo estudo, valores dentro do recomendado, exceto para o fator “amabilidade” que, embora perto do aceitável, tem de ser analisado com cuidado. Os resultados demonstraram que a versão portuguesa do BFI, agora designado por IGFP5, possui boas características psicométricas, embora a subescala/fator amabilidade tenha de ser usada com cuidado.


1998 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Perugini ◽  
Anna Paola Ercolani

The Big Five are nowadays the standard factors of personality dimensions. Several instruments have been proposed in the last few years for their measurement, either with adjectives or with items. A new state-of-the-art questionnaire to measure the Big Five is the Five-Factor Personality Inventory (FFPI), composed of 100 items. For this article, the questionnaire was validated in Italy with a sample of 249 subjects. Generalizibility, reliability, construct validity (convergent and discriminant), and predictive validity were investigated. Particular attention was devoted to the fifth factor, the most debated in current literature. Results fully supported the validity of FFPI and testify to its high-level psychometric properties. The fifth factor of the FFPI proved to be different from the standard definitions (Intellect or Openness to Experience), being better characterized as Autonomy.


2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-Suk Han ◽  
Juhu Kim ◽  
Yong-Soon Kim ◽  
Sunghee Ahn

The main purpose of this study was to validate a scale to examine the moral sensitivity of Korean nurses. A pre-existing scale, the Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire (MSQ), developed by Lützén, was used after deletion of three items. The reliability and validity of the scale were examined by using Cronbach’s alpha and factor analysis, respectively. According to the results, reliability of the scale was adequate but its construct validity was not fully supported. Through discussion on evidence of validity, five subconstructs emerged. In particular, unlike the factor structure of the MSQ, two subconstructs, patient-oriented care and professional responsibility, were newly extracted. It was assumed that the other three MSQ subconstructs, conflict, meaning and benevolence (expressed as nurses being ethically good), would not be sensitive to cultural background. Given these findings, interpretations about the meaning of moral sensitivity of Korean nurses are discussed.


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