Big Five Inventory (BFI) - Addiction Research Center

The BFI consists of 44 items which are rated on a five-point likert scale from 1 (disagree a lot) to 5 (agree a lot). SCALES. The BFI yields five primary scales ... Skiptomaincontent UniversityofWisconsin–Madison Menu openmenu close Home People Expand Collapse JohnCurtin GraduateStudents ResearchStaff UndergraduateStudents Alumni Joiningthelab ResearchContributions Expand Collapse StressNeuroadaptationsinAddiction AffectiveNegativeReinforcementinAddiction MechanismsforIntoxicatedEmotionandBehavior FearlessnessinPsychopathy PsychophysiologyMethods Publications Expand Collapse Articles&Chapters Posters&Presentations Grants Expand Collapse CurrentGrants CompletedGrants TrainingGrants&Fellowships StudyHighLights Expand Collapse Mobergetal.,2017JAbnormPsychol Kayeetal.,2016Psychophysiology Hefneretal.,2015JAbnormPsychol Bradfordetal.,2014Psychophysiology Bradfordetal.,2013PsycholSci Hogleetal.,2010BiolPsychiatry Resources Expand Collapse ForResearchers ResourcesforClinicians ResourcesforCommunity Courses Press&Awards Expand Collapse Press&Awards ScienceintheMedia Photos Intranet StaffLogin Home SelfReportMeasures BigFiveInventory(BFI) TheBigFiveInventory(BFI)isaself-reportscalethatisdesignedtomeasurethebigfivepersonalitytraits(extraversion,agreeableness,conscientiousness,neuroticism,andopenness). ITEMCODING TheBFIconsistsof44itemswhichareratedonafive-pointlikertscalefrom1(disagreealot)to5(agreealot). SCALES TheBFIyieldsfiveprimaryscales.Descriptionsofthescalesanditemloadingsarelistedbelow.Scalescoresarecalculatedasthesumofrespectiveitems.Bolditemsarereversescored. SCALENAME(ABBR.) DESCRIPTION ITEMLOADINGS BFI_EXT ExtraversionSubscale 1, 6,11,16, 21,26, 31,36 BFI_AGR AggreeablenessSubscale 2,7, 12,17,22, 27,32, 37,42 BFI_CON ConscientiousnessSubscale 3, 8,13, 18, 23,28,33,38, 43 BFI_NEU NeuroticismSubscale 4, 9,14,19, 24,29, 34,39 BFI_OPEN OpennessSubscale 5,10,15,20,25,30, 35,40, 41,44 RESOURCEFILES Questionnaire RScoringSyntaxfile SPSSScoringSyntaxfile REFERENCES John,O.P.,Naumann,L.P.,&Soto,C.J.(2008).ParadigmShifttotheIntegrativeBig-FiveTraitTaxonomy:History,Measurement,andConceptualIssues.InO.P.John,R.W.Robins,&L.A.Pervin(Eds.),Handbookofpersonality:Theoryandresearch(pp.114-158).NewYork,NY:GuilfordPress. Hayes,N.,&Joseph,S.(2003). Big5correlatesofthreemeasuresofsubjectivewell-being.PersonalityandIndividualdifferences,34(4),723-727. Wedonothavecopyrightauthorityoverthesemeasuresandcannotgrantpermissionforuse. Questionnairesandothermeasuresareprovidedheresolelyasacourtesytoaccompanyourscoringcode.Pleasecontacttheauthorofthequestionnaireforusepermissions. UseofscoringcodeisgrantedunderCCBY-SA4.0permissions.