A Comparison Between the Scales in the Six Factor Personality Questionnaire (6FPQ) and the Corresponding Preliminary IPIP Scales Measuring Similar Constructs

         Scale Names

 

Number

 of Items  

Mean Item

Intercorrelation 

Coefficient

Alpha 

 Correlation

IPIP

6FPQ

IPIP

6FPQ

IPIP

6FPQ

IPIP

6FPQ

IPIP vs. 6FPQ

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 Higher-Level 6FPQ Constructs

Extraversion

Extraversion

10

18

0.37

0.30

0.85

0.88

.73 [.84]

Agreeableness

Agreeableness

10

18

0.22

0.17

0.73

0.78

.55 [.73]

Methodicalness

Methodicalness

10

18

0.27

0.21

0.78

0.83

.71 [.88]

Independence

Independence

10

18

0.18

0.17

0.69

0.78

.63[.86]

Intellectual-Openness

Openness to Experience

10

18

0.29

0.20

0.80

0.82

.70[.86]

Industriousness

Industriousness

10

18

0.24

0.12

0.75

0.69

.56 [.78]

 

 

 

Means Of Higher-Level Scales

10 

18

0.26

0.20

0.77

0.80

.65[.83]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18 Lower-Level 6FPQ Constructs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gregariousness

Affiliation

10

6

0.41

0.36

0.87

0.78

.74 [.90]

Leadership

Dominance

10

6

0.35

0.49

0.85

0.86

.79 [.92]

Exhibitionism

Exhibition

10

6

0.33

0.40

0.83

0.80

.76 [.93]

Docility

Abasement

7

6

0.25

0.16

0.70

0.54

.43 [.70]

Calmness

Even-tempered (–Aggression)

10

6

0.41

0.24

0.87

0.65

.63 [.84]

Adaptability

Good-natured (–Defendence)

8

6

0.20

0.19

0.67

0.58

.45 [.72]

Conservatism

Cognitive Structure

8

6

0.17

0.17

0.61

0.56

.47 [.80]

Deliberateness

Deliberateness (–Impulsivity)

10

6

0.24

0.28

0.76

0.68

.68 [.95]

Orderliness

Order

10

6

0.29

0.38

0.81

0.78

.75 [.94]

Reclusiveness

Autonomy

10

6

0.17

0.18

0.66

0.59

.64 [1.00]

Unpretentiousness

Individualism (–Social Recognition)

9

6

0.25

0.32

0.74

0.74

.63 [.85]

Self-Sufficiency

Self Reliance (–Succorance)

10

6

0.12

0.18

0.59

0.57

.57 [.98]

Adventurousness

Change

10

6

0.19

0.23

0.70

0.63

.61 [.92]

Comprehension

Understanding

10

6

0.32

0.33

0.82

0.74

.70 [.90]

Culture

Breadth of Interest

10

6

0.29

0.26

0.80

0.69

.69 [.93]

Achievement-Striving

Achievement

10

6

0.31

0.14

0.82

0.47

.53 [.85]

Resourcefulness

Endurance

10

6

0.30

0.20

0.81

0.59

.50 [.72]

Playfulness

Seriousness (–Play)

10

6

0.21

0.20

0.73

0.61

.55 [.82]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Means of lower-level scales

9.6

6

0.27

0.26

0.76

0.66

.62 [.87]

 

Note. All analyses are based on the responses of 471 adult participants from the Eugene-Springfield Community Sample. [Values in brackets are the correlations between the corresponding 6FPQ and IPIP scales when corrected for attenuation due to scale unreliability.] There are 108 items in the FPQ.


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