Measurement equivalence of extraversion and conscientiousness items and scale across four countries

Using IRT and MACS approaches, we examined measurement equivalence of the Extraversion and Conscientious Scales of the Big Five Inventory (BFI) between the US and China, Australia and Spain. The results showed 1-4 items of each scale to have measurement nonequivalence in each pair of comparison, although the effect sizes were not large. The mean differences in Extraversion and Conscientious between the US and the three other countries were consistent with previous findings based on cultural similarity. The study showed the feasibility of administering a personality inventory in English to non-native speakers with English proficiency as an alternative to translation.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Liu, Liwen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Drasgow, Fritz

• measurement equivalence
• personality
• cross-cultural

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2011 Liwen Liu

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/26323

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/26323