Development of Chinese Big Five Personality Inventory(CBF-PI):Theoretical Framework and Relability Analysis

Objective: The current research aimed at constructing an instrument,the Chinese Big Five personality inventory(CBF-PI),to assess dimensions and facets of big five model.Methods: A total of 1221 students from six universities were administered the CBF-PI.Results: The CBF-PI had 134 items assessing 22 facet factors.Internal consistency reliabilities(alphas) of the CBF-PI scales were general,in fairly high.At the dimension level,the CBF-PI had reliabilities ranging from 0.83(A) to 0.91(C),mean reliabilities were 0.878.The test-retest reliability coefficients were above 0.80.At the facet level,the internal consistency reliabilities ranging from 0.64(O5) to 0.84(E4),mean scale reliabilities were 0.759.The test-retest reliability coefficients of most of facet scales were above 0.70,only three of the reliability coefficients fell below 0.70,but all the reliability coefficients were above 0.6.Conclusion: CBF-PI has appropriate items and excellent reliabilities.