The Big Five Inventory–2 in China: A Comprehensive Psychometric Evaluation in Four Diverse Samples

Bo Zhang; Yi Ming Li; Jian Li; Jing Luo; Yonghao Ye; Lu Yin; Zhuosheng Chen; Christopher J. Soto; Oliver P. John

doi:10.1177/10731911211008245

The Big Five Inventory–2 in China: A Comprehensive Psychometric Evaluation in Four Diverse Samples

Bo Zhang, Yi Ming Li, Jian Li^*, Jing Luo, Yonghao Ye, Lu Yin, Zhuosheng Chen, Christopher J. Soto, Oliver P. John

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Abstract

The Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2) has received wide recognition since its publication because it strikes a good balance between content coverage and brevity. The current study translated the BFI-2 into Chinese, evaluated its psychometric properties in four diverse Chinese samples (college students, adult employees, adults treated for substance use, and adolescents), and compared its factor structure with those obtained from two U.S. samples. Across two studies, the Chinese BFI-2 demonstrated good reliability (Cronbach’s α and test–retest reliability), structural validity, convergent/discriminant validity, and criterion-related validity at the domain level. At lower levels of analyses, some facets and negatively worded items functioned better among participants with higher than those with lower education levels. Implications, limitations, and future directions are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1262-1284
Number of pages	23
Journal	Assessment
Volume	29
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911211008245
State	Published - Sep 2022

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Big Five
Chinese
facets
personality assessment
validation

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Clinical Psychology
Applied Psychology

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