BIG FIVE PLUS TWO: VALIDATION OF A SHORT VERSION

Petar Čolović; Snežana Smederevac; Dušanka Mitrović

doi:10.19090/pp.2014.3-1.227-254

Autori

Petar Čolović Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad
Snežana Smederevac Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad
Dušanka Mitrović Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19090/pp.2014.3-1.227-254

Ključne reči:

Big Five Plus Two, psycholexical studies, evaluative dimensions

Apstrakt

The principal aim of the study was to develop a short version ofthe Big Five Plus Two Questionnaire (VP+2-70). On the basis ofcorrelations between the items contained in the integral version(184 items) and principal components of higher-order scales,seven 10-item scales were constructed. The construction of thisquestionnaire was conducted on a calibration sample of 2924participants (56% women), aged 18–68, while factorial stabilitywas examined on a validation sample of 802 participants (60%women), aged 18–60. Convergent validity was also examinedon these samples, by examining correlations between the VP+2-70 scales and scales of the Big Five Inventory. On a sample of374 university students, aged 19–33, relations between self- andpeer-ratings on the VP+2-70 were examined. Criterion validitywas explored by examination of relations between the VP+2-70scales and behavioral indicators contained in the The BehaviorReport Form – BRF questionnaire. This segment of the studywas conducted on a sample of 205 university students, aged18–29. The results point to satisfactory reliability as well as goodconvergent and criterion validity.