Testing the latent factor structure and construct validity of the Ten-Item Personality Inventory

• Published in: Personality and individual differences Vol. 47; no. 8; pp. 900 - 905
• Main Authors: Ehrhart, Mark G., Ehrhart, Karen Holcombe, Roesch, Scott C., Chung-Herrera, Beth G., Nadler, Kristy, Bradshaw, Kelsey
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2009
• Subjects: Construct validity; Convergent validity; Factor structure; Factor structures; Five factor model; Latent variable modeling; Methodology; Personality; Personality tests; Construct validity; Five-Factor Model; Factor structure; Latent variable modeling

Recent efforts have aimed to develop relatively short measures of the Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality, particularly for when time and/or space is limited. We evaluate the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI), a non-proprietary FFM measure with two items per dimension. We use a latent variabl...