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Personality: broadband models

Big Five Aspect Scales.

BFAS

What it measures
Big Five domains plus 10 'aspects' (two per domain, an intermediate level between domains and facets) e.g. Enthusiasm/Assertiveness, Compassion/Politeness, Industriousness/Orderliness, Volatility/Withdrawal, Intellect/Openness
Length and format
100 (10 per aspect). 5-pt Likert (strongly disagree - strongly agree) (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Translated into several languages for research (e.g. German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese among others); used internationally in personality-neuroscience work
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
DeYoung, C. G., Quilty, L. C., & Peterson, J. B. (2007). Between facets and domains: 10 aspects of the Big Five. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93(5), 880-896.

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