Consistency of the Structural Properties of the BFI-10 Across 16 Samples From Eight Large-Scale Surveys in Germany

IF 3.2 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

European Journal of Psychological Assessment Pub Date : 2023-05-23 DOI:10.1027/1015-5759/a000765

Beatrice Rammstedt, L. Roemer, Clemens M. Lechner

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Abstract

Abstract: The assessment of the Big Five personality domains is standard practice in most large-scale social surveys nowadays. The instrument most widely used for this purpose is the BFI-10, an ultra-short measure assessing each Big Five domain with two items. Recent studies have identified issues with the structural properties of the BFI-10, especially its factorial validity. To investigate whether these issues arise from the instrument itself or biases due to translation or sampling, we examined the extent to which the structural properties of the BFI-10 in terms of descriptive statistics, intercorrelations, reliability, and factorial validity vary when keeping the target population and language constant. Results revealed that, across 16 independent samples (total N ~ 60,000) from eight large-scale surveys representative of the adult population in Germany, the structural properties of the BFI-10 were (a) largely consistent and (b) mostly adequate. Most importantly, in nearly all samples, patterns of loading were congruent with an idealized Big Five structure, thereby supporting factorial validity. These results demonstrate that the structural properties of the BFI-10 are highly stable and replicable in large-scale samples. Especially given its brevity, the BFI-10 can thus be regarded as adequate for use in large-scale survey settings.

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德国8项大型调查中16个样本BFI-10结构特性的一致性

摘要:大五人格域的评估是当今大多数大型社会调查的标准做法。为此目的最广泛使用的工具是BFI-10，这是一种超短的测量方法，用两个项目评估每个五大领域。最近的研究已经确定了BFI-10的结构特性问题，特别是其析因效度。为了调查这些问题是由工具本身引起的，还是由翻译或抽样引起的偏差引起的，我们检查了在保持目标人群和语言不变的情况下，BFI-10在描述性统计、相互相关性、可靠性和析因效度方面的结构特性的变化程度。结果表明，在德国8个具有代表性的成年人群的大规模调查中，在16个独立样本(总N ~ 60,000)中，BFI-10的结构特性(a)基本一致，(b)基本足够。最重要的是，在几乎所有样本中，加载模式与理想的大五结构一致，从而支持析因效度。这些结果表明，BFI-10的结构特性在大规模样品中具有高度的稳定性和可重复性。特别是考虑到它的简洁性，BFI-10因此可以被认为足以用于大规模调查环境。

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European Journal of Psychological Assessment PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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期刊介绍： The main purpose of the EJPA is to present important articles which provide seminal information on both theoretical and applied developments in this field. Articles reporting the construction of new measures or an advancement of an existing measure are given priority. The journal is directed to practitioners as well as to academicians: The conviction of its editors is that the discipline of psychological assessment should, necessarily and firmly, be attached to the roots of psychological science, while going deeply into all the consequences of its applied, practice-oriented development.