A validation of the Japanese adaptation of the Big Five Inventory-2

Frontiers in Psychology

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Shinya Yoshino¹  Tadahiro Shimotsukasa²  Atsushi Oshio¹  Yasuhiro Hashimoto³  Yuki Ueno⁴  Takahiro Mieda⁵  Ifu Migiwa⁶  Tatsuya Sato⁷  Shizuka Kawamoto⁸  Christopher J. Soto⁹  Oliver P. John^1,10 

[1] Faculty of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Waseda University;Faculty of Psychology, Rissho University;Department of Life Care, Teikyo Junior College;Center for Advanced School Education and Evidence-Based Research ,(CASEER), The University of Tokyo;School of Health Sciences, Fukushima Medical University;Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare;College of Comprehensive Psychology, Ritsumeikan University;Faculty of Education, University of Yamanashi;Department of Psychology, Colby College;Department of Psychology, University of California

关键词: Big Five personality;    personality measurement;    Facet;    Personality Structure;    BFI;    Non-WEIRD;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.924351

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

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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