Structural validity and measurement invariance of the short version of the Big Five Inventory (BFI-10) in selected countries

References

• Abrahams, F., & Mauer, K. F. (1999). The comparability of the constructs of the 16PF in the South African context. Journal of Industrial Psychology, 25, 53–17. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v25i1.679
   Google Scholar
• Allik, J., Church, A. T., Ortiz, F. A., Rossier, J., Hřebíčková, M., De Fruyt, F., Realo, A., & McCrae, R. R. (2017). Mean profiles of the NEO personality inventory. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48(3), 402–442. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022117692100
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Anglim, J., & Horwood, S. (2021). Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and Big Five personality on subjective and psychological well-being. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12(8), 1527–1537. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620983047
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Balgiu, B. A. (2018). The psychometric properties of the Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10) including correlations with subjective and psychological well-being. Global Journal of Psychology Research: New Trends and Issues, 8(2), 61–69.
   Google Scholar
• Barrick, M. R., & Mount, M. K. (1991). The Big Five personality dimensions and job performance: A meta‐analysis. Personnel Psychology, 44(1), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6570.1991.tb00688.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Berry, J. W., Poortinga, Y. H., Breugelmans, S. M., Chasiotis, A., & Sam, D. L. (2011). Cross-cultural psychology: Research and applications (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Bialosiewicz, S., Murphy, K., & Berry, T. (2013). An introduction to measurement invariance testing: Resource packet for participants. American Evaluation Association.
   Google Scholar
• Bibi, A., Lin, M., Zhang, X. C., & Margraf, J. (2020). Psychometric properties and measurement invariance of Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS‐21) across cultures. International Journal of Psychology, 55(6), 916–925. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12671
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Browne, M. W., & Cudeck, R. (1993). Alternative ways of assessing model fit. In K. A. Bollen & J. S. Long (Eds.), Testing structural equation models (pp. 136–162). Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Bui, H. T. (2017). Big Five personality traits and job satisfaction: Evidence from a national sample. Journal of General Management, 42(3), 21–23. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306307016687990
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Carciofo, R., Yang, J., Song, N., Du, F., Zhang, K., & Qiu, J. (2016). Psychometric evaluation of Chinese-language 44-item and 10-item Big Five personality inventories, including correlations with chronotype, mindfulness and mind wandering. PloS One, 11(2), e0149963. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149963
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cascio, W. F., & Aguinis, H. (2011). Applied psychology in human resource management talent management. Pearson.
   Google Scholar
• Chapman, B. P., & Elliot, A. J. (2019). Brief report: How short is too short?. Journal of Health Psychology, 24(11), 1568–1573. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105317720819
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chiorri, C., Marsh, H. W., Ubbiali, A., & Donati, D. (2016). Testing the factor structure and measurement invariance across gender of the Big Five Inventory through exploratory structural equation modelling. Journal of Personality Assessment, 98(1), 88–99. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2015.1035381
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Costa, P. T., Jr., & McCrae, R. R. (1985). The NEO personality inventory manual. Psychological Assessment Resources.
   Google Scholar
• Costa, P. T., Jr., & McCrae, R. R. (1992). Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) and NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) professional manual. Psychological Assessment Resources.
   Google Scholar
• Davidov, E., Meuleman, B., Cieciuch, J., Schmidt, P., & Billiet, J. (2014). Measurement equivalence in cross-national research. Annual Review of Sociology, 40(1), 55–75. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-071913-043137
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Doğruyol, B., Alper, S., & Yilmaz, O. (2019). The five-factor model of the moral foundations theory is stable across WEIRD and non-WEIRD cultures. Personality and Individual Differences, 1511, 109547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.109547
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dong, Y., & Dumas, D. (2020). Are personality measures valid for different populations? A systematic review of measurement invariance across cultures, gender, and age. Personality and Individual Differences, 160(1), 109956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.109956
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Donnellan, M. B., Oswald, F. L., Baird, B. M., & Lucas, R. E. (2006). The mini-IPIP scales: Tiny-yet-effective measures of the Big Five factors of personality. Psychological Assessment, 18(2), 192–203. https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.18.2.192
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Elliot A J and Chapman B P. (2016). Socioeconomic status, psychological resources, and inflammatory markers: Results from the MIDUS study. Health Psychology, 35(11), 1205–1213. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000392
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Employment Equity Act [No. 55 of 1998]. https://www.labour.gov.za/DocumentCenter/Acts/Employment%20Equity/Act%20-%20Employment%20Equity%201998.pdf Retrieved 22 November 2021, from
   Google Scholar
• Erdle, S., & Rushton, J. P. (2011). Does self-esteem or social desirability account for a general factor of personality (GFP) in the Big Five? Personality and Individual Differences, 50(7), 1152–1154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.12.038
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fontaine, J. R., Poortinga, Y. H., Delbeke, L., & Schwartz, S. H. (2008). Structural equivalence of the values domain across cultures: Distinguishing sampling fluctuations from meaningful variation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 39(4), 345–365. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022108318112
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gerlitz, J. Y., & Schupp, J. (2005). Zur Erhebung der Big-Five-basierten persoenlichkeitsmerkmale im SOEP. DIW.
   Google Scholar
• Gosling S D, Rentfrow P J and Swann W B. (2003). A very brief measure of the Big-Five personality domains. Journal of Research in Personality, 37(6), 504–528. 10.1016/S0092-6566(03)00046-1
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Grobler, S., & De Beer, M. (2015). Psychometric evaluation of the basic traits inventory in the multilingual South African environment. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 25(1), 50–55. https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2014.997033
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Guido, G., Peluso, A. M., Capestro, M., & Miglietta, M. (2015). An Italian version of the 10-item Big Five Inventory: An application to hedonic and utilitarian shopping values. Personality and Individual Differences, 76 1 , 135–140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.11.053
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hahn, E., Gottschling, J., & Spinath, F. M. (2012). Short measurements of personality – Validity and reliability of the GSOEP Big Five Inventory (BFI-S). Journal of Research in Personality, 46(3), 355–359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2012.03.008
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hofstede, G., & McCrae, R. R. (2004). Personality and culture revisited: Linking traits and dimensions of culture. Cross-Cultural Research, 38(1), 52–88. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397103259443
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hu, L. T., & Bentler, P. M. (1999). Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 6(1), 1–55. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705519909540118
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hughes, B. T., Costello, C. K., Pearman, J., Razavi, P., Bedford-Petersen, C., Ludwig, R. M., & Srivastava, S. (2021). The Big Five across socioeconomic status: Measurement invariance, relationships, and age trends. Collabra: Psychology, 7(1). University of Chicago Press. https://psyarxiv.com/wkhfx/download?format=pdf
   Google Scholar
• IBM Corp. (2020). IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 27.0.
   Google Scholar
• Inglehart, R., Haerpfer, C., Moreno, A., Welzel, C., Kizilova, K., Diez-Medrano, J., Lagos, M., Norris, P., Ponarin, E., Puranen, B. (eds.). (2014). World values survey: Round six – country-pooled datafile version. JD Systems Institute. www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSDocumentationWV6.jsp
   Google Scholar
• Jak, S., Oort, F. J., & Dolan, C. V. (2014). Measurement bias in multilevel data. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 21(1), 31–39. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2014.856694
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• John, O. P. (2021). History, measurement, and conceptual elaboration of the Big Five trait taxonomy: The paradigm matures. In O. P. John & R. W. Robins (Eds.), Handbook of personality: Theory and research (pp. 35–82). Guilford Press.
   Google Scholar
• Kim, S. (2017). Developing an item pool and testing measurement invariance for measuring public service motivation in Korea. International Review of Public Administration, 22(3), 231–244. https://doi.org/10.1080/12294659.2017.1327113
   Google Scholar
• Kong, F. (2017). The validity of the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale in a Chinese sample: Tests of measurement invariance and latent mean differences across gender and age. Personality and Individual Differences, 116(1), 29–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.04.025
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Laajaj, R., Macours, K., Hernandez, D. A. P., Arias, O., Gosling, S. D., Potter, J., Rubio-Codina, M., & Vakis, R. (2019). Challenges to capture the Big Five personality traits in non-WEIRD populations. Science Advances, 5(7), eaaw5226. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaw5226
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lang, F. R., Lüdtke, O., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2001). Testgüte und psychometrische Äquivalenz der deutschen Version des Big Five Inventory (BFI) bei jungen, mittelalten und alten Erwachsenen. Diagnostica, 47(3), 111–121. https://doi.org/10.1026//0012-1924.47.3.111
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lang, F. R., John, D., Lüdtke, O., Schupp, J., & Wagner, G. G. (2011). Short assessment of the Big Five: Robust across survey methods except telephone interviewing. Behavior Research Methods, 43(2), 548–567. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-011-0066-z
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Laverdière, O., Morin, A. J., & St-Hilaire, F. (2013). Factor structure and measurement invariance of a short measure of the Big Five personality traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 55(7), 739–743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2013.06.008
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Li, M., Wang, M., Shou, Y., Zhong, C., Ren, F., Zhang, X., & Yang, W. (2018). Psychometric Properties and Measurement Invariance of the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 Among Chinese Insurance Employees. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00519
   Google Scholar
• Ludeke, S. G., & Larsen, E. G. (2017). Problems with the Big Five assessment in the world values survey. Personality and Individual Differences, 112(1), 103–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.02.042
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Marsh, H. W., Nagengast, B., & Morin, A. J. S. (2012). Measurement invariance of Big-Five factors over the life span: ESEM tests of gender, age, plasticity, maturity, and La Dolce Vita effects. Developmental Psychology, 49(6), 1194–1218. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0026913
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McDonald, E. (2011). Comparing a native English-speaking group’s and non-native English-speaking group’s understanding of the vocabulary used in the 16PF5. [Unpublished Master’s Thesis]. University of South Africa.
   Google Scholar
• Meiring, D., Van de Vijver, A. J. R., Rothmann, S., & Barrick, M. R. (2005). Construct, item and method bias of cognitive and personality tests in South Africa. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 31(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v31i1.182
   Google Scholar
• Melipillán, E. R., & Hu, M. (2020). Measurement invariance across groups. SAGE.
   Google Scholar
• Norman, W. T. (1963). Toward an adequate taxonomy of personality attributes: Replicated factor structure in peer nomination personality ratings. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 66(6), 574–686. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0040291
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nye, C. D., Roberts, B. W., Saucier, G., & Zhou, X. (2008). Testing the measurement equivalence of personality adjective items across cultures. Journal of Research in Personality, 42(6), 1524–1536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2008.07.004
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Patel, J. S., Oh, Y., Rand, K. L., Wu, W., Cyders, M. A., Kroenke, K., & Stewart, J. C. (2019). Measurement invariance of the patient health questionnaire‐9 (PHQ‐9) depression screener in US adults across sex, race/ethnicity, and education level: Nhanes 2005–2016. Depression and Anxiety, 36(9), 813–823. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22940
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pletzer, J. L., Bentvelzen, M., Oostrom, J. K., & De Vries, R. E. (2019). A meta-analysis of the relations between personality and workplace deviance: Big Five versus HEXACO. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 112(1), 369–383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2019.04.004
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• R Core Team. (2020). R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing. https://www.R-project.org/
   Google Scholar
• Rammstedt, B., & Krebs, D. (2007). Does response scale format affect the answering of personality scales? Assessing the Big Five dimensions of personality with different response scales in a dependent sample. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 23(1), 32–38. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759.23.1.32
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rammstedt, B., & John, O. P. (2007). Measuring personality in one minute or less: A 10-item short version of the Big Five Inventory in English and German. Journal of Research in Personality, 41(1), 203–212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2006.02.001
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rammstedt, B., Goldberg, L. R., & Borg, I. (2010). The measurement equivalence of Big-Five factor markers for persons with different levels of education. Journal of Research in Personality, 44(1), 53–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2009.10.005
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rhudy, J. L., Arnau, R. C., Huber, F. A., Lannon, E. W., Kuhn, B. L., Palit, S., Payne, M. F., Sturycz, C. A., Hellman, N., Guereca, Y. M., Toledo, T. A., & Shadlow, J. O. (2020). Examining configural, metric, and scalar invariance of the pain catastrophizing scale in native American and non-Hispanic White adults in the Oklahoma study of Native American pain risk (OK-SNAP). Journal of Pain Research, 13(1), 961. https://doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S242126
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sass, D. A. (2011). Testing measurement invariance and comparing latent factor means within a confirmatory factor analysis framework. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 29(4), 347–363. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734282911406661
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Saucier, G., Thalmayer, A. G., Payne, D. L., Carlson, R., Sanogo, L., Ole‐Kotikash, L., Church, A. T., Katigbak, M. S., Somer, O., Szarota, P., Szirmák, Z., & Zhou, X. (2014). A basic bivariate structure of personality attributes evident across nine languages. Journal of Personality, 82(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12028
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schmitt, N., Golubovich, J., & Leong, F. T. (2011). Impact of measurement invariance on construct correlations, mean differences, and relations with external correlates: An illustrative example using Big Five and RIASEC measures. Assessment, 18(4), 412–427. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191110373223
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Selig, J. P., Card, N. A., & Little, T. D. (2008). Latent variable structural equation modelling in cross-cultural research: multi-group and multi-level approaches . In F. J. R Van de Vijver, D. A Van Hemert, Y. H Poortinga. (Eds.), Multilevel Analysis of Individuals and Cultures (pp. 93–119). Lawrence Erlbaum.
   Google Scholar
• Simha, A., & Parboteeah, K. P. (2020). The big 5 personality traits and willingness to justify unethical behavior: A cross-national examination. Journal of Business Ethics, 167(3), 451–471. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04142-7
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Soto, C. J., & John, O. P. (2017). Short and extra-short forms of the Big Five Inventory–2: The BFI-2-S and BFI-2-XS. Journal of Research in Personality, 68 69–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2017.02.004
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Spurk, D., Abele, A. E., & Volmer, J. (2015). The career satisfaction scale in context: A test for measurement invariance across four occupational groups. Journal of Career Assessment, 23(2), 191–209. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072714535019
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Steyn, R., & De Bruin, G. (2019). The structural validity of the innovative work behaviour questionnaire: Comparing competing factorial models. The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, 11(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajesbm.v11i1.291
   Google Scholar
• Sun, J. (2005). Assessing goodness of fit in confirmatory factor analysis. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 37(4), 240–256. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2005.11909764
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sun, J., Kaufman, S. B., & Smillie, L. D. (2018). Unique associations between Big Five personality aspects and multiple dimensions of well‐being. Journal of Personality, 86(2), 158–172. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12301
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Svetina, D., Rutkowski, L., & Rutkowski, D. (2020). Multiple-group invariance with categorical outcomes using updated guidelines: An illustration using M plus and the Lavaan/SEM tools packages. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 27(1), 111–130. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2019.1602776
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Taylor, N., & De Bruin, G. P. (2006). Basic traits inventory. Jopie van Rooyen.
   Google Scholar
• Thalmayer, A. G., & Saucier, G. (2014). The questionnaire big six in 26 nations: Developing cross‐culturally applicable big six, big five and big two inventories. European Journal of Personality, 28(5), 482–496. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.1969
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thalmayer, A. G., Saucier, G., Ole-Kotikash, L., & Payne, D. (2020). Personality structure in east and West Africa: Lexical studies of personality in Maa and Supyire-Senufo. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119(5), 1132. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000264
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Trapmann, S., Hell, B., Hirn, J. O. W., & Schuler, H. (2007). Meta-analysis of the relationship between the Big Five and academic success at university. Zeitschrift Für Psychologie/Journal of Psychology, 215(2), 132–151. https://doi.org/10.1027/0044-3409.215.2.132
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tupes, E. C., & Christal, R. E. Recurrent personality factors based on trait ratings. (1992). Journal of Personality, 60(2), 225–251. Original work published 1961. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.1992.tb00973.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Van de Vijver, F. J., & Poortinga, Y. H. (2002). Structural equivalence in multilevel research. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 33(2), 141–156. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022102033002002
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Van de Vijver, F., & Tanzer, N. K. (2004). Bias and equivalence in cross-cultural assessment: An overview. European Review of Applied Psychology, 54(2), 119–135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erap.2003.12.004
   Google Scholar
• Vedel, A. (2016). Big Five personality group differences across academic majors: A systematic review. Personality and Individual Differences, 92(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.12.011
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wang, S., Chen, C. C., Dai, C. L., & Richardson, G. B. (2018). A call for, and beginner’s guide to, measurement invariance testing in evolutionary psychology. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 4(2), 166–178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-017-0125-5
   Google Scholar
• Wu, A. D., Li, Z., & Zumbo, B. D. (2007). Decoding the meaning of factorial invariance and updating the practice of multi-group confirmatory factor analysis: A demonstration with TIMSS data. Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation, 12(3), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.7275/mhqa-cd89
   Google Scholar