Goldberg Big-Five Adjective Markers (Trait Descriptive Adjectives).

TDA / Goldberg 100 markers

What it measures

Big Five via 100 unipolar adjective markers (also bipolar marker sets); the lexical reference markers for the OCEAN factors

Length and format

100 unipolar markers (also a 50-bipolar set). 9-pt accuracy rating (adjective self-description) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

The lexical-marker approach has been replicated/adapted in many languages (Italian BFMS, German, Dutch, Spanish, Polish lexical studies, etc.) deriving language-specific Big Five markers

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

public-domain / open

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Reference

Goldberg, L. R. (1992). The development of markers for the Big-Five factor structure. Psychological Assessment, 4(1), 26-42.