{"title":"Psychometric Evaluation of a Contextualized Version of the German BFI-2 for the Digital World Across Self- and Other-Ratings.","authors":"Dora L Tinhof, John F Rauthmann, Axel Mayer","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2026.2691226","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223891.2026.2691226","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While the Big Five Inventory-2 offers efficient assessment of personality domains and facets, continuous psychometric evaluation remains crucial to ensure valid personality assessment. The present study examined whether the dimensional structure and measurement properties of the German BFI-2 remain invariant across offline and online contexts and methods (self- and other-ratings). Data from 403 self-raters and 151 informants were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis, exploratory structural equation modeling, and measurement invariance testing where offline self-ratings served as baseline condition. Reliability was generally good, and the Big Five structure was largely replicated, though several items showed context- or method-specific deviations, particularly within Agreeableness and Negative Emotionality. Partial scalar invariance of the original model structure was achieved at facet level, although overall fit was poor for other-ratings, while only metric invariance emerged at domain level. Exploratory analyses revealed that correlations between self-ratings across contexts were highest, and that self-other agreement was stronger online than offline. Regression models predicting internet use showed that traits often exhibited opposite effects across contexts, with online traits explaining incremental variance, although overall explained variance was small. Findings highlight that both context and method affect the properties of the BFI-2, underscoring the importance of psychometric evaluation across diverse conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148368798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two-Dimensional Machiavellianism: Shortening the Scale and Expanding the Nomological Network to Political Psychology.","authors":"Conal Monaghan, Boris Bizumic, Nicholas Phillis","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2609696","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2609696","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For more than half a millennium, Niccolò Machiavelli's ideology has substantially influenced political thought. This research builds on the recent advancements in assessing Machiavellianism as a personality trait, aiming to recontextualize its relevance by investigating its association with key political attitudes. Initially, we created a six-item Two-Dimensional Machiavellianism Scale - Short Form (TDMS-SF) through item response theory and confirmatory factor analysis, utilizing a substantial international sample (<i>n</i> = 4769). Subsequently, we verified the scale's psychometric consistency and parameter stability within two distinct nationally representative samples from the U.K. (<i>n</i> = 819) and the U.S. (<i>n</i> = 810). We then investigated the nuanced interplay between Machiavellianism and three fundamental political attitudes in these two samples - ethnocentrism, nationalism, and authoritarianism. Specifically, structural equation modeling demonstrated consistent associations between Machiavellianism's two facets, view and tactics, and ethnocentrism (intergroup and intragroup), nationalism, and authoritarianism. Authoritarianism related positively to views, but negatively to tactics. This study not only refines the measurement of Machiavellian traits but also refines their complex interrelations with pivotal political attitudes, demonstrating the strength of the two-dimensional model.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"502-517"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146030085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of Trait Empathy Scales: Comparing the IRI and the TEQ on Convergent Validity with Sexual Prejudice, Gender Effects, and Temporal Stability.","authors":"Seth B Winward, Roxane J Itier","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2597323","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2597323","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) is a widely used trait measure of empathy which suffers from low convergent validity. The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ) shows improved convergent validity but lacks assessment of test-retest reliability and clarity as to the construct(s) it measures. We compared the TEQ and IRI convergent validities (<i>N</i> = 2693) with trait sexual prejudice, a construct opposed to empathy, using the Modern Homonegativity Scale (MHS). The TEQ outperformed the IRI in terms of convergent validity with MHS. The IRI empathic concern subscale was most predictive of both TEQ and MHS scores. However, its perspective-taking subscale predicted the TEQ but not MHS scores. Results support the view that the IRI fantasy and personal distress subscales are not empathic constructs. The TEQ increased predictive power for every model it was added to, suggesting another construct might be at play beyond empathic concern and perspective-taking. Participant gender predicted TEQ and MHS scores but did not moderate their association. However, longitudinal invariance analysis (<i>N</i> = 568) revealed mixed findings concerning all the scales, with TEQ possibly tapping into different constructs across time. Implications for research on empathy and its association with sexual prejudice are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"492-501"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145714675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pedro S R Martins, Drielle Barbosa-Pereira, Juliana Mendes Alves, Isabela Sallum, Marcela Mansur-Alves
{"title":"Is Small Beautiful? The Use of a Short Picture-Based Scale to Assess Childhood Personality.","authors":"Pedro S R Martins, Drielle Barbosa-Pereira, Juliana Mendes Alves, Isabela Sallum, Marcela Mansur-Alves","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2584683","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2584683","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The assessment of personality traits in children under ten has gained increasing attention in literature. Much of the interest in assessing personality traits stems from associations between Big Five traits and life outcomes. The Pictorial Personality Traits Questionnaire for Children (PPTQ-C) integrates pictorial stimuli with simplified sentences to measure the Big Five in this age group. This study aimed to evaluate the validity evidence of the Brazilian version of the PPTQ-C. We assessed 533 children (<i>M</i> = 8.32, SD = 1.38; 53% girls). Using multiple analytical techniques, we found weak support for the five-factor structure and response patterns indicating social desirability. We discuss the implications of these findings for pictorial personality assessment in young children.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"551-560"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145495878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Walter P Vispoel, Hyeri Hong, Hyeryung Lee, Tingting Chen
{"title":"A Comprehensive Multivariate Generalizability Theory-Based Analysis of Responses to the IPIP-NEO-120.","authors":"Walter P Vispoel, Hyeri Hong, Hyeryung Lee, Tingting Chen","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2606013","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2606013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The 120-item International Personality Item Pool-NEO questionnaire (IPIP-NEO-120) was recently developed to measure the same Big Five global domain and nested facet constructs included in the 240-item Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) but more efficiently and at no cost to users. We summarize evidence of reliability and validity for IPIP-NEO-120 scores reported in previous research and further evaluate the psychometric properties of those scores using multivariate generalizability theory (MGT) procedures based on data collected from 447,500 respondents. We used MGT techniques to derive indices of score accuracy for both norm- and criterion-referencing purposes, produce more appropriate indices of accuracy for domain composite scores, estimate correlations between facet scores within each domain corrected for measurement error, and determine value gained when reporting facet in addition to domain scores. Results revealed that indices of score accuracy for domains generally exceeded those for facets, that facet score constructs were more strongly intercorrelated than would otherwise be inferred, and that 28 out of the 30 facet subscales provided added value beyond associated domain scales. We identify facet subscales most in need of improvement and provide code in R to enable readers to apply all demonstrated techniques to their own data.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"464-476"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145933655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emanuela Brusadelli, Carlo Vetere, Silvia Salcuni, Gianfranco Di Gennaro, Filippo Aschieri
{"title":"Measuring Interpersonal Style and Level of Personality Functioning with the Picture Frustration Study's Narrative Contents: A Pilot Study on the New Collaborative Scoring Method (COSMO) Coding System.","authors":"Emanuela Brusadelli, Carlo Vetere, Silvia Salcuni, Gianfranco Di Gennaro, Filippo Aschieri","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2594665","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2594665","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COllaborative Scoring MethOd (COSMO) is a promising new coding system applicable on the Picture Frustration Study, rooted in the Interpersonal perspective and collaborative assessment framework. The COSMO system includes two levels of coding. First, it allows the coding of interpersonal styles based on four quadrants resulting from the combination of Agency and Communion variables. Second, COSMO assesses the severity of personality pathology. This pilot study shows preliminary data on the reliability and validity of COSMO applied to Picture Frustration Study responses. Results in a mixed-sample design have shown the robustness of both COSMO levels of coding. Quadrant 1 and Quadrant 3 represent the most adaptive and the maladaptive interpersonal styles based on the comparison with other measures of personality assessment about severity, personality traits and interpersonal patterns. Also, results indicated COSMO good discriminant capacity when compared with the other well-established measures for assessing personality functioning and interpersonal issues. Finally, an Impaired Functioning Index has been created to account both for styles and severity of personality pathology. Applicability and utility are discussed, including its use in the Collaborative Assessment framework.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"541-550"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146010575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Robert D Shura, Jordan V Rine, Paul B Ingram, Ryan W Schroeder, Patrick Armistead-Jehle, Luciano Giromini
{"title":"A Population Wide Analysis of MCMI-IV Symptom Validity Scales Administered in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.","authors":"Robert D Shura, Jordan V Rine, Paul B Ingram, Ryan W Schroeder, Patrick Armistead-Jehle, Luciano Giromini","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2592958","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2592958","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV (MCMI-IV) is a psychological assessment tool commonly used in Veteran Affairs (VA) settings. However, no research has examined the MCMI-IV symptom validity scales in the veteran population, where high rates of response bias can occur. This study examined convergent validity of the MCMI-IV scales to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) validity measures, identified base rates of invalid MCMI-IV validity scores in the veteran population, and explored alternative cutoff scores. All MCMI-IVs administered in the VA (04/2019 - 08/2024, <i>N</i> = 6,466), using data from the Corporate Data Warehouse, were examined. MCMI-IV protocols were correlated with same day administrations of the MMPI-2-RF (<i>n</i> = 1,401) using Spearman's correlations. Disclosure and Debasement positively correlated with overreporting validity scales and negatively correlated with underreporting scales on the MMPI-2-RF, while Desirability showed the opposite pattern (all <i>p</i> < .001). Additionally, the Inconsistency scale positively correlated with MMPI-2-RF non-content validity scales. Less than 1% of MCMI-IV of protocols met the test manual's criteria for invalidity, a significant departure from invalid rates reported on other measures administered to veterans. Diagnostic accuracy analyses suggested new cutoff scores, specifically that overreporting be identified by X Disclosure base rate score (BRS) ≥ 87 and Z Debasement BRS ≥ 84, and underreporting identified by X Disclosure BRS ≤ 49 and Y Desirability BRS ≥ 74. Results suggest that while the MCMI-IV validity indices measure intended constructs, more optimal cutoffs are presented for the veteran population.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"574-584"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145668271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Teodosio Giacolini, Giuseppe Abbracciavento, Federica Petrini, Laura Picconi, Lorenzo Tarsitani, Alessandro Zennaro, Enrico Vitolo
{"title":"The Affective Neuroscience Personality Scale-Short Form (ANPS-SF): Validation and Adaptation of the Italian Version on Clinical and Non-Clinical Samples of Adolescents and Young Adults.","authors":"Teodosio Giacolini, Giuseppe Abbracciavento, Federica Petrini, Laura Picconi, Lorenzo Tarsitani, Alessandro Zennaro, Enrico Vitolo","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2587689","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2587689","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Affective Neuroscience theory identifies seven neurobiological systems (SEEK, CARE, PLAY, SADNESS, FEAR, ANGER, and LUST) that are phylogenetically and ontogenetically determined, shared by all mammals, and localized in ancient subcortical brain regions. These systems, influenced by genetic and environmental factors, shape individual differences. A new instrument, the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scale (ANPS), was created to measure the expression of these primary emotional systems, foundational to human personality. A short version, the ANPS-SF, has been released but not validated in Italy. This study aimed to adapt and validate the ANPS-SF by examining its psychometric properties. A large sample of clinical and non-clinical young adults and adolescents (<i>n</i> = 827) also completed instruments assessing external validity, including the Big Five Inventory (BFI) and others. Results indicated that the ANPS-SF possesses satisfactory psychometric properties, highlighted by strong internal consistency and correlations with other measures. A two-higher-order-factors solution was identified, revealing General Positive Affect and General Negative Affect. Significant differences were noted between clinical and non-clinical groups, as well as across age and gender. Overall, the ANPS-SF can be effectively utilized in Italy, providing insights into primary emotional systems and their interaction with individual characteristics, relevant for both clinical and non-clinical populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"477-491"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145648881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amaris I Grant, R Michael Furr, Eranda Jayawickreme
{"title":"Assessing the Response Process Validity of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory Using Cognitive Interviews.","authors":"Amaris I Grant, R Michael Furr, Eranda Jayawickreme","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2609697","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2609697","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Post-traumatic growth (PTG) refers to perceived positive psychological changes following highly distressing or traumatic events. Although PTG has garnered significant attention from both researchers and the broader public, its assessment has largely depended on retrospective measures such as the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI). These measures presume that respondents engage in a complex psychological process (e.g., recalling pre- and post-trauma functioning) to accurately report veridical growth. However, the extent to which people follow this process has not been directly examined. In the present study, we assessed the PTGI's response process validity by conducting 21 cognitive interviews to determine whether participants engaged in the theoretically required steps using five items from the PTGI. None of the participants fully completed this process for every item. Instead, thematic analysis showed that they drew on themes related to preserving continuity in their life narratives, using reappraisal coping, and adhering to cultural scripts favoring positive transformation. In other words, participants reported positive change even when their narratives pointed to negative, neutral, or resilient experiences. These findings add to concerns about the PTGI's construct validity as a measure of genuine growth following adversity.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"585-596"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145989727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Construct Validation Study of the DMRS-SR-30 Defensive Categories Utilizing the Interpersonal Circumplex.","authors":"JoAnna Molina, Carly Kahn, Emily Dowgwillo","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2609701","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2609701","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Defenses or unconscious strategies used to manage anxiety and preserve self-concept are useful for understanding personality functioning and the quality of interpersonal relationships. Despite defenses' clinical and interpersonal relevance, psychometrically sound self-report measures of defenses are limited. The Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales-Self-Report-30 (DMRS-SR-30), a newly developed self-report measure, provides scores for overall defensive functioning and mature, neurotic, and immature defenses. Given defenses' interpersonal nature, the interpersonal circumplex (IPC) can be used to examine the DMRS-SR-30's construct validity. The current study uses self-report data from 361 participants recruited from Amazon's MTurk to examine the interpersonal characteristics of overall defensive functioning and defensive categories. Results from structural summary method analyses align with theoretical expectations for each category, supporting the use of the measure. The mature defensive category was associated with submissive problems, submissive warm efficacies, and sensitivity to antagonism and had the lowest levels of interpersonal distress and misanthropy and the highest levels of interpersonal efficacy. The neurotic defensive category was associated with submissive problems, cold efficacies, and the second highest level of interpersonal distress. The immature category was associated with dominant problems, dominant cold efficacies, and sensitivity to dependence and had the highest levels of interpersonal distress and misanthropy.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"531-540"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145952392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}