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

Author First name, Last name, Institution

Joonha Park
Karlijn L. van den Broek, Utrecht University; Heidelberg University
Navjot Bhullar, University of New England; Edith Cowan University
Charles Adedayo Ogunbode, University of Nottingham
Julie Aitken Schermer, Western University
Rouven Doran, University of Bergen
Rahkman Ardi, Airlangga University
Daniel Hanss, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
Daniela Acquadro Maran, University of Turin
Mai Albzour, Birzeit University
Sibele D. Aquino, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Arin H. Ayanian, Bielefeld University
Razieh Chegeni, University of Oslo
JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji, University of Nigeria
Violeta Enea, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
Elahe Ghanbarian, University of Alberta
Jihane Ghorayeb, Zayed University
Feng Jiang
Ojewumi Aderemi Kehinde, Obafemi Awolowo University
Samuel Lins, University of Porto
Michael J. Lomas, University of Salford
Su Lu, De Montfort University
Tiago Marot, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Winfred Mbungu, Sokoine University of Agriculture
Ginés Navarro-Carrillo, University of Jaén
Charles Onyutha, Kyambogo University
Marc Eric S. Reyes, University of Santo Tomas
Katariina Salmela-Aro, University of Helsinki
Tomas Sollar, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
Hajra Tahir, University of Bergen

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

Personality and Individual Differences

Publication Date

10-1-2022

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.

DOI Link

10.1016/j.paid.2022.111751

ISSN

0191-8869

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Volume

196

First Page

111751

Last Page

111751

Disciplines

Psychology

Keywords

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

Scopus ID

85131564626

Recommended Citation

Park, Joonha; van den Broek, Karlijn L.; Bhullar, Navjot; Ogunbode, Charles Adedayo; Schermer, Julie Aitken; Doran, Rouven; Ardi, Rahkman; Hanss, Daniel; Maran, Daniela Acquadro; Albzour, Mai; Aquino, Sibele D.; Ayanian, Arin H.; Chegeni, Razieh; Chukwuorji, JohnBosco Chika; Enea, Violeta; Ghanbarian, Elahe; Ghorayeb, Jihane; Jiang, Feng; Kehinde, Ojewumi Aderemi; Lins, Samuel; Lomas, Michael J.; Lu, Su; Marot, Tiago; Mbungu, Winfred; Navarro-Carrillo, Ginés; Onyutha, Charles; Reyes, Marc Eric S.; Salmela-Aro, Katariina; Sollar, Tomas; and Tahir, Hajra, "Comparison of the inter-item correlations of the Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10) between Western and non-Western contexts" (2022). All Works. 5172.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/5172

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no