Abstract
Zusammenfassung. In einer Studie mit 480 jungen, mittelalten und alten Erwachsenen wurde eine deutsche Version des “Big Five Inventory (BFI)“ eingesetzt. Es wurde die Äquivalenz der faktoriellen Struktur in den Altersgruppen sowie die Kriteriumsvalidität in Bezug auf 6 Außenkriterien überprüft (Intelligenz, positiver und negativer Affekt, Kontrollerleben, soziale Zufriedenheit und Netzwerkgröße). Die Stichprobe beruht auf einer nach Alter und Geschlecht geschichteten Wahrscheinlichkeitsauswahl aus dem Berliner Melderegister. Die Befunde weisen auf eine Invarianz der Faktorenstruktur in den Altersgruppen hin. Es zeigten sich erwartungskonforme und altersinvariante Korrelationen der 5 Persönlichkeitskonstrukte Extraversion, Verträglichkeit, Gewissenhaftigkeit, Neurotizismus und Offenheit für Erfahrung mit den Außenkriterien. In einer Studie mit 45 sehr alten Erwachsenen zeigten sich moderate bis hohe Retest-Stabilitäten über einen Zeitraum von 5 Monaten. Insgesamt erweist sich der BFI als leicht einsetzbares Instrument zur reliablen Erfassung des Fünf-Faktoren-Modells.
Abstract. In a study with 480 young, middle-aged, and old adults the psychometric equivalence and external validity of the German version of the Big Five Inventory (BFI) was examined across age groups. In addition, external validity of the BFI was explored in relation to general intelligence, positive affect, negative affect, social satisfaction, control beliefs, and social network size. Findings suggest a five factor solution of personality constructs that is found to be invariant across the three age cohort groups. Moreover, there is good indication of external validity of the five factors that is found to be equivalent across the three age groups. In a follow-up study with 45 older adults, the BFI was assessed twice within a time interval of 5 months. Moderate to high retest stability was observed. Findings suggest that the BFI is well-suited for measuring the five factor model of personality and is particularly adequate for application in diverse and age heterogenous samples.
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