Personality across the lifespan. Exploring measurement invariance of a short Big Five Inventory from ages 11 to 84.

Autor/inn/en	Brandt, Naemi; Becker, Michael; Tetzner, Julia; Brunner, Martin; Kuhl, Poldi; Maaz, Kai
Titel	Personality across the lifespan. Exploring measurement invariance of a short Big Five Inventory from ages 11 to 84.
Quelle	In: European journal of psychological assessment, 36 (2020) 1, S. 162-173 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (3) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2151-2426
DOI	10.1027/1015-5759/a000490 10.25656/01:23782
URN	urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-237822
Schlagwörter	Erhebungsinstrument; Faktorenanalyse; Reliabilität; Strukturgleichungsmodell; Validität; Vergleich; Persönlichkeit; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Temperament; Lebensalter; Kindheit; Alter; Altersgruppe; Deutschland; Erwachsener; Faktorenanalyse; Kind; Lebensalter; Messung; Modell; Persönlichkeit; Temperament; Validität; Indikator; Vergleich; Reliabilität; Strukturgleichungsmodell; Kind; Indikator; Messung; Messverfahren; Grundschulalter; Alter; Altersgruppe; Einflussfaktor; Modell; Alter Mensch; Erwachsener; Deutschland
Abstract	Personality is a relevant predictor for important life outcomes across the entire lifespan. Although previous studies have suggested the comparability of the measurement of the Big Five personality traits across adulthood, the generalizability to childhood is largely unknown. The present study investigated the structure of the Big Five personality traits assessed with the Big Five Inventory-SOEP Version (BFI-S; SOEP = Socio-Economic Panel) across a broad age range spanning 11-84 years. We used two samples of N = 1,090 children (52% female, Mage = 11.87) and N = 18,789 adults (53% female, Mage = 51.09), estimating a multigroup CFA analysis across four age groups (late childhood: 11-14 years; early adulthood: 17-30 years; middle adulthood: 31-60 years; late adulthood: 61-84 years). Our results indicated the comparability of the personality trait metric in terms of general factor structure, loading patterns, and the majority of intercepts across all age groups. Therefore, the findings suggest both a reliable assessment of the Big Five personality traits with the BFI-S even in late childhood and a vastly comparable metric across age groups. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2021/2