Short 15-item Big Five Inventory (BFI-S)
Psychology: IPIP Personality1 sample item
About this scale
The BIG 5 is one of the leading models to express the most important dimensions of personality, namely: N euroticism (also known as emotional instability)
Sample item(s)
“Survey code includes 28 item lines. Open PsyToolkit to review wording and permissions.”
Notes
Psychology field scale. Check the PsyToolkit page and original paper for use rights before fielding.
Source & citation
Lang, F. R., John, D., Ludtke, O., Schupp, J., & Wagner, G. G. (2011). Short assessment of the Big Five: robust accros survey methods except telephone interviewing. Behavior Research Methods, 43 , 548-567.
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