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A 20-item short measure of the Big Five personality factors (four items each), drawn from the public-domain International Personality Item Pool.

20 items · 5 sections · 5-point Likert

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Describe yourself as you generally are now, not as you wish to be in the future. Describe yourself as you honestly see yourself, in relation to other people you know of the same sex as you are, and roughly your same age. So that you can describe yourself in an honest manner, your responses will be kept in absolute confidence. Indicate for each statement whether it is 1. Very Inaccurate, 2. Moderately Inaccurate, 3. Neither Accurate Nor Inaccurate, 4. Moderately Accurate, or 5. Very Accurate as a description of you.

  1. Extraversion

  2. 1

    Am the life of the party.

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate
  3. 2

    Don't talk a lot.

    Reverse-scored

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate
  4. 3

    Talk to a lot of different people at parties.

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate
  5. 4

    Keep in the background.

    Reverse-scored

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate

  6. Agreeableness

  7. 5

    Sympathize with others' feelings.

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate
  8. 6

    Am not interested in other people's problems.

    Reverse-scored

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate
  9. 7

    Feel others' emotions.

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate
  10. 8

    Am not really interested in others.

    Reverse-scored

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate

  11. Conscientiousness

  12. 9

    Get chores done right away.

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate
  13. 10

    Often forget to put things back in their proper place.

    Reverse-scored

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate
  14. 11

    Like order.

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate
  15. 12

    Make a mess of things.

    Reverse-scored

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate

  16. Neuroticism

  17. 13

    Have frequent mood swings.

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate
  18. 14

    Am relaxed most of the time.

    Reverse-scored

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate
  19. 15

    Get upset easily.

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate
  20. 16

    Seldom feel blue.

    Reverse-scored

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate

  21. Intellect/Imagination

  22. 17

    Have a vivid imagination.

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate
  23. 18

    Am not interested in abstract ideas.

    Reverse-scored

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate
  24. 19

    Have difficulty understanding abstract ideas.

    Reverse-scored

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate
  25. 20

    Do not have a good imagination.

    Reverse-scored

    Very inaccurateModerately inaccurateNeither accurate nor inaccurateModerately accurateVery accurate

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