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

Joonha Park; Karlijn L. van den Broek; Navjot Bhullar; Charles Adedayo Ogunbode; Julie Aitken Schermer; Rouven Doran; Rahkman Ardi; Daniel Hanss; Daniela Acquadro Maran; Mai Albzour; Sibele D. Aquino; Arin H. Ayanian; Razieh Chegeni; JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji; Violeta Enea; Elahe Ghanbarian; Jihane Ghorayeb; Feng Jiang; Ojewumi Aderemi Kehinde; Samuel Lins; Michael J. Lomas; Su Lu; Tiago Marot; Winfred Mbungu; Ginés Navarro-Carrillo; Charles Onyutha; Marc Eric S. Reyes; Katariina Salmela-Aro; Tomas Sollar; Hajra Tahir; Chee-Seng Tan; Jorge Torres-Marín; Takashi Tsubakita; Tatiana Volkodav; Anna Wlodarczyk; Radha Yadav

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2022.111751

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

Joonha Park, Karlijn L. van den Broek, Navjot Bhullar, Charles Adedayo Ogunbode, Julie Aitken Schermer, Rouven Doran, Rahkman Ardi, Daniel Hanss, Daniela Acquadro Maran, Mai Albzour, Sibele D. Aquino, Arin H. Ayanian, Razieh Chegeni, JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji, Violeta Enea, Elahe Ghanbarian, Jihane Ghorayeb, Feng Jiang, Ojewumi Aderemi Kehinde, Samuel LinsMichael J. Lomas, Su Lu, Tiago Marot, Winfred Mbungu, Ginés Navarro-Carrillo, Charles Onyutha, Marc Eric S. Reyes, Katariina Salmela-Aro, Tomas Sollar, Hajra Tahir, Chee-Seng Tan, Jorge Torres-Marín, Takashi Tsubakita, Tatiana Volkodav, Anna Wlodarczyk, Radha Yadav

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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 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.

Original language	English
Article number	111751
Pages (from-to)	1-7
Number of pages	7
Journal	Personality and Individual Differences
Volume	196
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111751
Publication status	Published - Oct 2022

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Funding Information:
The Chinese study has been supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China given to Feng Jiang [grant number: 71971225 ].

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© 2022 Elsevier Ltd

Keywords

BFI-10
Personality traits
Inter-item correlations
Omega coefficient
Brief scales
Western vs. non-Western countries

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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., ... Yadav, R. (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, 1-7. Article 111751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111751

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

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