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Personality: broadband models

NEO Five-Factor Inventory.

NEO-FFI

What it measures
Five-Factor Model domains only (N, E, O, A, C); no facet scores
Length and format
60 (12 per domain). 5-pt Likert (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Dozens of languages tracking the NEO-PI-R program (ES, FR, DE, IT, PT, NL, ZH, JA, KO, AR, RU, PL, CZ, etc.); widely used internationally as the short FFM measure
Normative data
We hold norms for a related instrument, not for this one.
Licence
copyrighted - commercial

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Reference
Costa, P. T., & McCrae, R. R. (1992). NEO PI-R Professional Manual (NEO-FFI section). Odessa, FL: PAR.

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