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Abstract
In this article, we describe the factor structure in both self-reports and peer ratings of the items in a cross-cultural Big-Five inventory in Croatia. Using 2 versions of an inventory developed from the International Personality Item Pool (CitationIPIP; Goldberg, 1999), this is one of the first cross-national analyses of these IPIP measures. A large sample of university students (N = 519) used the translated Croatian version of the 100-item IPIP Big Five inventory to describe themselves, and they were also described by 515 of their acquaintances on the same instrument. In separate analyses of both self-reports and peer ratings, the 100-item and 50-item versions of these IPIP measures showed clear Five-factor orthogonal structures that were nearly identical to the American structure. These factors were strongly related on a one-to-one basis with those derived from a Croatian translation of CitationGoldberg's (1992) bipolar rating scales.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Funds for this research were provided by Grant 0194106 from the Ministry of Science, Education, and Sports in Croatia. Funds for the development of the measures included in the IPIP colaboratory were provided by Grant MH49227 from the National Institute of Mental Health, U.S. Public Health Service. We are indebted to Gerard Saucier for his thoughtful suggestions.