Park, Joonha, van den Broek, Karlijn, Bhullar, Navjot, Ogunbode, Charles, Schermer, Julie, Doran, Rouven, Ardi, Rahkman, Hanss, Daniel, Maran, Daniela, Aquino, Sibele, Ayanian, Arin, Chegeni, Razieh, Chukwuorji, JohnBosco, Enea, Violeta, Ghanbarian, Elahe, Jiang, Feng ORCID: 0000-0001-9762-5821, Lins, Samuel, Lomas, Michael, Lu, Su, Marot, Tiago, Mbungu, Winfred, Navarro-Carrillo, Ginés, Ojewumi, Kehinde, Onyutha, Charles, Reyes, Marc, Salmela-Aro, Katariina, Sollar, Tomas, Tahir, Hajra, Tan, Chee-Seng, Torres-Marín, Jorge, Tsubakita, Takashi, Volkodav, Tatiana, Wlodarczyk, Anna and Yadav, Radha (2022) Comparison of the inter-item correlations of the big five inventory-10 (BFI-10) between Western and non-Western contexts. Personality and Individual Differences, 196:111751. ISSN 0191-8869 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111751)

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Abstract

The Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10; Rammstedt & John, 2007) is one of many short versions of personality inventories that measure the Big Five trait dimensions. Short versions of scales often present methodological challenges as a trade-off for their convenience. Based on samples from 28 countries (N=10,560), the current study investigated inter-item correlations estimated using Omega correlation coefficients within each of the five personality characteristics measured by the BFI-10. Results showed that inter-item correlations were significantly lower, in the sample data from non-Western countries compared with the Western countries, for three (Conscientiousness, Extraversion, and Emotional Stability) of the five personality traits. Our findings indicated that the psychometric challenges existed across different cultures and traits. We offer recommendations when using short-item scales such as BFI-10 in survey research.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	BFI-10Personality traitsInter-item correlationsOmega coefficientBrief scalesWestern vs. non-Western countries
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Business Faculty of Business > Centre for Work and Employment Research (CREW)
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2022 11:25
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/36645

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