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Title: Comparison of the inter-item correlations of the Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10) between Western and non-Western contexts
Contributor(s): Park, Joonha (author); van den Broek, Karlijn L (author); Bhullar, Navjot  (author)orcid ; Ogunbode, Charles Adedayo (author); Schermer, Julie Aitken (author); Doran, Rouven (author); Ardi, Rahkman (author); Hanss, Daniel (author); Maran, Daniela Acquadro (author); Albzour, Mai (author); Aquino, Sibele D (author); Ayanian, Arin H (author); Chegeni, Razieh (author); Chukwuorji, JohnBosco Chika (author); Enea, Violeta (author); Ghanbarian, Elahe (author); Ghorayeb, Jihane (author); Jiang, Feng (author); Kehinde, Ojewumi Aderemi (author); Lins, Samuel (author); Lomas, Michael J (author); Lu, Su (author); Marot, Tiago (author); Mbungu, Winfred (author); Navarro-Carrillo, Ginés (author); Onyutha, Charles (author); Reyes, Marc Eric S (author); Salmela-Aro, Katariina (author); Sollar, Tomas (author); Tahir, Hajra (author); Tan, Chee-Seng (author); Torres-Marín, Jorge (author); Tsubakita, Takashi (author); Volkodav, Tatiana (author); Wlodarczyk, Anna (author); Yadav, Radha (author)
Publication Date: 2022-10
Early Online Version: 2022-06-07
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111751
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/54575
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 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 of the five personality traits, specifically Conscientiousness, Extraversion, and Emotional Stability. Our findings indicate that the psychometric challenges exist across different cultures and traits. We offer recommendations when using short-item scales such as BFI-10 in survey research.

Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Personality and Individual Differences, v.196, p. 1-7
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1873-3549
0191-8869
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 520503 Personality and individual differences
520505 Social psychology
440610 Social geography
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 139999 Other culture and society not elsewhere classified
280123 Expanding knowledge in human society
280121 Expanding knowledge in psychology
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Appears in Collections:Journal Article
School of Psychology

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