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

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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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