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Comparison of the inter-item correlations of the Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10) between Western and non-Western contexts

Title
Comparison of the inter-item correlations of the Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10) between Western and non-Western contexts
Creator
Park J.; van den Broek K.L.; Bhullar N.; Ogunbode C.A.; Schermer J.A.; Doran R.; Ardi R.; Hanss D.; Maran D.A.; Albzour M.; Aquino S.D.; Ayanian A.H.; Chegeni R.; Chukwuorji J.C.; Enea V.; Ghanbarian E.; Ghorayeb J.; Jiang F.; Kehinde O.A.; Lins S.; Lomas M.J.; Lu S.; Marot T.; Mbungu W.; Navarro-Carrillo G.; Onyutha C.; Reyes M.E.S.; Salmela-Aro K.; Sollar T.; Tahir H.; Tan C.-S.; Torres-Mar J.; Tsubakita T.; Volkodav T.; Wlodarczyk A.; Yadav R.
Description
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. 2022 Elsevier Ltd
Source
Personality and Individual Differences, Vol-196
Date
2022-01-01
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
Subject
BFI-10; Brief scales; Inter-item correlations; Omega coefficient; Personality traits; Western vs. non-Western countries
Coverage
Park J., School of Management, NUCB Business School, Japan; van den Broek K.L., Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Netherlands, Research Centre for Environmental Economics, Heidelberg University, Germany; Bhullar N., School of Psychology, University of New England, NSW, Australia, Discipline of Psychology, Edith Cowan University, Australia; Ogunbode C.A., School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, UK, United Kingdom; Schermer J.A., Department of Management and Organisational Studies, Faculty of Social Science, University of Western Ontario, Canada; Doran R., Department of Psychosocial Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Ardi R., Department of Psychology, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia; Hanss D., Department of Social Sciences, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany; Maran D.A., Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Turin, Italy; Albzour M., Department of Social and Behavioral Science, Birzeit University, Palestine; Aquino S.D., Psychology Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Ayanian A.H., The Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University, Germany; Chegeni R., PROMENTA Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Chukwuorji J.C., Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nigeria; Enea V., Department of Psychology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Ia?i, Romania; Ghanbarian E., Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta, Canada; Ghorayeb J., Department of Psychology, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Jiang F., Department of Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour, University of Greenwich, Beijing, China; Kehinde O.A., Department of Psychology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Nigeria; Lins S., Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal; Lomas M.J., School of Health and Society, University of Salford, UK, United Kingdom; Lu S., School of Applied Social Sciences, De Montfort University, UK, United Kingdom; Marot T., Psychology Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Mbungu W., Department of Civil and Water Resources Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania; Navarro-Carrillo G., Department of Psychology, University of Ja, Spain; Onyutha C., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kyambogo University, Uganda; Reyes M.E.S., Department of Psychology, College of Science, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines; Salmela-Aro K., Department of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Sollar T., Department of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Healthcare, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia; Tahir H., Department of Psychosocial Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Tan C.-S., Department of Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kampar, Malaysia; Torres-Mar J., Department of Research Methods in Behavioural Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain; Tsubakita T., Faculty of Management, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan; Volkodav T., Faculty of Pedagogy, Psychology and Communicative Studies, Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russian Federation; Wlodarczyk A., Escuela de Psicolog, Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad Catica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile; Yadav R., School of Business and Management, Christ University, Bangalore, India
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All Open Access; Green Open Access
Relation
ISSN: 1918869; CODEN: PEIDD
Format
Online
Language
English
Type
Article

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Park J.; van den Broek K.L.; Bhullar N.; Ogunbode C.A.; Schermer J.A.; Doran R.; Ardi R.; Hanss D.; Maran D.A.; Albzour M.; Aquino S.D.; Ayanian A.H.; Chegeni R.; Chukwuorji J.C.; Enea V.; Ghanbarian E.; Ghorayeb J.; Jiang F.; Kehinde O.A.; Lins S.; Lomas M.J.; Lu S.; Marot T.; Mbungu W.; Navarro-Carrillo G.; Onyutha C.; Reyes M.E.S.; Salmela-Aro K.; Sollar T.; Tahir H.; Tan C.-S.; Torres-Mar J.; Tsubakita T.; Volkodav T.; Wlodarczyk A.; Yadav R., “Comparison of the inter-item correlations of the Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10) between Western and non-Western contexts,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed April 17, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/14901.

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