The Danish IPIP-NEO-120: A free, validated five-factor measure of personality

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Danish IPIP-NEO-120

T2 - A free, validated five-factor measure of personality

AU - Vedel, Anna

AU - Gøtzsche-Astrup, Oluf

AU - Holm, Peter

PY - 2019/1/2

Y1 - 2019/1/2

N2 - This paper reports the results of a translation and validation of a Danish language version of the IPIP-NEO-120 constructed by Johnson. The IPIP-NEO-120 is a public domain 120-item inventory that measures personality constructs similar to those in the Revised NEO Personality Inventory. The inventory was developed to provide researchers with a free inventory with a shorter format than the earlier 300-item IPIP-NEO and hence enable more researchers to include a personality measure in their research. The validation study reported in this paper was conducted to expand the IPIP-NEO-120 into the Danish context and provide Danish researchers with a free, validated personality measure based on the Five-Factor Model directly applicable to cross-national research. The psychometric properties of the Danish IPIP-NEO-120 were tested in a sample of veterinary students and graduates (N = 525) from a Danish university. The factor structure, internal consistency, and factor intercorrelations obtained in the Danish sample closely resembled those obtained in Johnson’s validation of the original IPIP-NEO-120, and the results indicate that the Danish measure corresponds well to the English language original.

AB - This paper reports the results of a translation and validation of a Danish language version of the IPIP-NEO-120 constructed by Johnson. The IPIP-NEO-120 is a public domain 120-item inventory that measures personality constructs similar to those in the Revised NEO Personality Inventory. The inventory was developed to provide researchers with a free inventory with a shorter format than the earlier 300-item IPIP-NEO and hence enable more researchers to include a personality measure in their research. The validation study reported in this paper was conducted to expand the IPIP-NEO-120 into the Danish context and provide Danish researchers with a free, validated personality measure based on the Five-Factor Model directly applicable to cross-national research. The psychometric properties of the Danish IPIP-NEO-120 were tested in a sample of veterinary students and graduates (N = 525) from a Danish university. The factor structure, internal consistency, and factor intercorrelations obtained in the Danish sample closely resembled those obtained in Johnson’s validation of the original IPIP-NEO-120, and the results indicate that the Danish measure corresponds well to the English language original.

U2 - 10.1080/19012276.2018.1470553

DO - 10.1080/19012276.2018.1470553

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1901-2276

VL - 71

SP - 62

EP - 77

JO - Nordic Psychology

JF - Nordic Psychology

IS - 1

ER -