Saucier Mini-Markers.
Mini-Markers
- What it measures
- Big Five via 40 trait adjectives (8 per factor): Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, Openness/Intellect
- Length and format
- 40 adjectives. 9-pt accuracy rating (extremely inaccurate - extremely accurate) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Adapted into multiple languages (e.g. the International English Big-Five Mini-Markers by Thompson 2008 for non-native English speakers; plus other-language adaptations)
- 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
- Saucier, G. (1994). Mini-Markers: A brief version of Goldberg's unipolar Big-Five markers. Journal of Personality Assessment, 63(3), 506-516.
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