Openness to Experience (NEO-FFI subscale)
Psychology: PersonalityReliability: alpha 0.873 sample items
About this scale
A 12-item subscale of the NEO-FFI measuring openness to experience — intellectual curiosity, aesthetic sensitivity, and preference for novelty and variety.
Sample item(s)
“I have a very active imagination”
“Poetry has little or no effect on me (reverse)”
“I often try new and foreign foods”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.87. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Commercial license.
Source & citation
Costa, P. T., & McCrae, R. R. (1992): Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) Professional Manual. Psychological Assessment Resources.
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