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Psychometric properties of the BFI-K: A cross-validation study

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: In recent years, the BFI-K, a short version of the well-established Big Five Inventory (BFI), has been employed in a number of studies investigating samples from heterogeneous populations. As the BFI-K had been validated only in homogeneous student samples, cross-validation in an extended, heterogeneous sample was called for. The present study (N = 5,178) aimed to meet this demand. Factor analysis, which was carried out using Exploratory Structural Equation Modelling (ESEM), validated the factorial structure. A three-factor MANOVA conducted with the variables age, gender, and education replicated the well-known effects of sociodemographic variables on the Big Five. Hence, our results reveal that the psychometric properties of the BFI-K scales are in line with those of the initial validation studies.

Source: MADOC (University of Mannheim)

Authors: Anastassiya Kovaleva, Constanze Beierlein, Christoph J. Kemper, Beatrice Rammstedt

Institutions: Bielefeld University, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, University of Luxembourg

Language: English

Topic: Psychometric Methodologies and Testing

Subfield: Management Science and Operations Research

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2134853750

FWCI: 2.275

Cites: 54

Cited by: 34

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