A validation of the Japanese adaptation of the Big Five Inventory-2
The purpose of this study was to adapt a Japanese version of the Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2-J) to examine its factor structure, reliability, validity, and measurement invariance. The BFI-2-J assesses five domains and 15 facets of the Big Five personality traits. We analyzed two datasets: 487 Japane...
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| author | Shinya Yoshino Tadahiro Shimotsukasa Atsushi Oshio Yasuhiro Hashimoto Yuki Ueno Takahiro Mieda Ifu Migiwa Tatsuya Sato Shizuka Kawamoto Christopher J. Soto Oliver P. John |
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| description | The purpose of this study was to adapt a Japanese version of the Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2-J) to examine its factor structure, reliability, validity, and measurement invariance. The BFI-2-J assesses five domains and 15 facets of the Big Five personality traits. We analyzed two datasets: 487 Japanese undergraduates and 500 Japanese adults. The results of the principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the domain-facet structure of the BFI-2-J was similar to that of other language versions. The reliability of the BFI-2-J is sufficient. The correlation coefficients between the BFI-2-J and the other Big Five and self-esteem measures supported convergent and discriminant validity. Moreover, we confirmed measurement invariance across age and sex groups in domain-level and facet-level models. The results suggest that the BFI-2-J is a good instrument for measuring the Big Five personality traits and their facets in Japan. The BFI-2-J is expected to be useful in Japanese personality research and international comparative research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f1061f4ecdd4428cbfcd6bb887a3ebd72022-12-22T04:13:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-10-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.924351924351A validation of the Japanese adaptation of the Big Five Inventory-2Shinya Yoshino0Tadahiro Shimotsukasa1Atsushi Oshio2Yasuhiro Hashimoto3Yuki Ueno4Takahiro Mieda5Ifu Migiwa6Tatsuya Sato7Shizuka Kawamoto8Christopher J. Soto9Oliver P. John10Faculty of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, JapanFaculty of Psychology, Rissho University, Tokyo, JapanFaculty of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Life Care, Teikyo Junior College, Tokyo, JapanCenter for Advanced School Education and Evidence-Based Research (CASEER), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanSchool of Health Sciences, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JapanMinistry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Tokyo, JapanCollege of Comprehensive Psychology, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, JapanFaculty of Education, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, JapanDepartment of Psychology, Colby College, Waterville, ME, United States0Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThe purpose of this study was to adapt a Japanese version of the Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2-J) to examine its factor structure, reliability, validity, and measurement invariance. The BFI-2-J assesses five domains and 15 facets of the Big Five personality traits. We analyzed two datasets: 487 Japanese undergraduates and 500 Japanese adults. The results of the principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the domain-facet structure of the BFI-2-J was similar to that of other language versions. The reliability of the BFI-2-J is sufficient. The correlation coefficients between the BFI-2-J and the other Big Five and self-esteem measures supported convergent and discriminant validity. Moreover, we confirmed measurement invariance across age and sex groups in domain-level and facet-level models. The results suggest that the BFI-2-J is a good instrument for measuring the Big Five personality traits and their facets in Japan. The BFI-2-J is expected to be useful in Japanese personality research and international comparative research.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.924351/fullBig Five personalitypersonality measurementfacetpersonality structureBFInon-WEIRD |
| spellingShingle | Shinya Yoshino Tadahiro Shimotsukasa Atsushi Oshio Yasuhiro Hashimoto Yuki Ueno Takahiro Mieda Ifu Migiwa Tatsuya Sato Shizuka Kawamoto Christopher J. Soto Oliver P. John A validation of the Japanese adaptation of the Big Five Inventory-2 Frontiers in Psychology Big Five personality personality measurement facet personality structure BFI non-WEIRD |
| title | A validation of the Japanese adaptation of the Big Five Inventory-2 |
| title_full | A validation of the Japanese adaptation of the Big Five Inventory-2 |
| title_fullStr | A validation of the Japanese adaptation of the Big Five Inventory-2 |
| title_full_unstemmed | A validation of the Japanese adaptation of the Big Five Inventory-2 |
| title_short | A validation of the Japanese adaptation of the Big Five Inventory-2 |
| title_sort | validation of the japanese adaptation of the big five inventory 2 |
| topic | Big Five personality personality measurement facet personality structure BFI non-WEIRD |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.924351/full |
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