IPIP Big-Five Factor Markers (50-item).

IPIP-50 / IPIP-BFFM

What it measures

Big Five domains (Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, Intellect/Imagination); domain-level only

Length and format

50 (10 per domain). 5-pt Likert (very inaccurate - very accurate) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Validated in many languages and countries (China, Greece, Scotland-English, plus ES, FR, DE, PT, IT and a Croatian IPIP-50 by Mlacic & Goldberg 2007, among others)

Normative data

Languages	Countries	Breakdown	Status	Grade	N
en	US+UK	gender+age	HELD_PLACEHOLDER	-	-
en	US+UK	gender+age	COLLECTED	A	1419
en,multi	88 countries	country (en-admin)	COLLECTED	C	603322
en,multi	23 countries	gender+age+country	COLLECTED	C	15661
de	DE	total+facet	COLLECTED	B	1338
fr,de,es,pl,ja,en	6 countries	native domain+facet M/SD	COLLECTED	B	6987
ru,zh,ar,it,sr,hr	multi	native anchors	FOUND_RESTRICTED	B	-
11 langs	11 sites	cohort10+15 x gender x lang x site	COLLECTED	A	13768
zh	CN	domains+facets	COLLECTED	B	1680
es	ES	domains+facets+gender	COLLECTED	B	1000
hr	HR	domains+facets+gender	COLLECTED	B	320
hr	HR	reliabilities+structure (M/SD restricted)	COLLECTED	B	519
ru	RU	domains+facets+sex+age	COLLECTED	B	1029
it	IT	none	FOUND_RESTRICTED	-	5362
sr	RS	gender+age+domains+facets	COLLECTED	B	1016
sr	RS	loose-7factor	COLLECTED	C	2924
sr	RS	overall	COLLECTED	C	218

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; IPIP rendering at https://ipip.ori.org

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