Measures personality traits
The Big 5 Personality Inventory (Brief version)
Which personality traits do people have?
The Big Five Inventory measures people’s patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving in terms of the big five personality trait domains (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness). This survey can be used to explore the relationship between personality traits and things like behaviors, habits, and career decisions and to study what factors influence personality traits such as the environment (i.e. are personality traits stable over the course of adulthood?). Past research suggests that extraversion predisposes people to feeling positive emotion (Shiota et al., 2006).
Resources - Cherry, K. (2020). The Big Five Personality Traits. Very Well Mind.
- John, O. P., & Srivastava, S. (1999). The Big-Five trait taxonomy: History, measurement, and theoretical perspectives. In L. A. Pervin & O. P. John (Eds.), Handbook of personality: Theory and research (Vol. 2, pp. 102–138). New York: Guilford Press.
- Shiota, M.N., Keltner, D., & John, O. P. (2006). Positive emotion dispositions differentially associated with Big Five personality and attachment style. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 61-71.
Parameters
This survey cannot be tweaked.
What data is collected? How is it scored?
The following variables are recorded:
- BIG5_extraversion
- BIG5_agreeableness
- BIG5_conscientiousness
- BIG5_neuroticism
- BIG5_openness
Raw data: 10 questions broken into 5 categories (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness). Each question uses a 5-point likert scale. 5 questions (one per category) are reverse-coded.
Each category's score ranges from 2 to 10.
Calculation:
Subscores are determined by adding the scores of the questions in each category. Scores range from 1 ("disagree strongly") to 5 ("agree strongly"). If an item is reverse-scored, the score is subtracted from 6. E.g. if a question is reverse-scored, and the participant responds "disagree strongly", then this question will be scored as a 5 rather than 1.
Background
In this survey, you are asked to rate how well statements describe your personality.
What participants see before taking the survey
In this survey, you are asked to rate how well statements describe your personality.
What participants see after taking the survey
People’s patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving can be organized in terms of five personality trait domains (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness). Personality traits may predict how you behave in certain situations and how you perform on specific tasks.
Mobile compatible
Aggregate Variables
These data are automatically written to a csv file upon completion of the survey
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- BIG5_extraversion
- BIG5_agreeableness
- BIG5_conscientiousness
- BIG5_neuroticism
- BIG5_openness
Scoring
Subscores are determined by adding the scores of the questions in each category. Scores range from 1 ("disagree strongly") to 5 ("agree strongly"). If an item is reverse-scored, the score is subtracted from 6. E.g. if a question is reverse-scored, and the participant responds "disagree strongly", then this question will be scored as a 5 rather than 1.
Format
This is a likert scale survey.
Duration
1-2 mins
Resources
- Cherry, K. (2020). The Big Five Personality Traits. Very Well Mind.
- John, O. P., & Srivastava, S. (1999). The Big-Five trait taxonomy: History, measurement, and theoretical perspectives. In L. A. Pervin & O. P. John (Eds.), Handbook of personality: Theory and research (Vol. 2, pp. 102–138). New York: Guilford Press.
- Shiota, M.N., Keltner, D., & John, O. P. (2006). Positive emotion dispositions differentially associated with Big Five personality and attachment style. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 61-71.