Big Five Inventory

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Big Five Inventory

The following statements concern your perception about yourself in a variety of situations.
Indicate the strength of your agreement with each statement. Your task is to indicate the strength
of your agreement with each statement, utilizing a scale in which 1 denotes strong disagreement,
5 denotes strong agreement, and 2, 3, and 4 represent intermediate judgments. For each
statement, write a number from 1 to 5 from the following scale:

1. Strongly disagree
2. Disagree
3. Neither disagree nor agree
4. Agree
5. Strongly agree

There are no "right" or "wrong" answers, so select the number that most closely reflects you on
each statement.

I see myself as someone who...


1. _____ Is talkative 9. _____ Is relaxed, handles stress well.

2. _____ Tends to find fault with others 10. _____ Is curious about many
different things

3. _____ Does a thorough job


11. _____ Is full of energy

4. _____ Is depressed, blue


12. _____ Starts quarrels with others

5. _____ Is original, comes up with


new ideas 13. _____ Is a reliable worker

6. _____ Is reserved 14. _____ Can be tense


7. _____ Is helpful and unselfish with
others
15. _____ Is ingenious, a deep thinker
8. _____ Can be somewhat careless

16. _____ Generates a lot of enthusiasm

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17. _____ Has a forgiving nature 32. _____ Is considerate and kind to
almost everyone

18. _____ Tends to be disorganized


33. _____ Does things efficiently

19. _____ Worries a lot


34. _____ Remains calm in tense
situations
20. _____ Has an active imagination

35. _____ Prefers work that is routine


21. _____ Tends to be quiet

36. _____ Is outgoing, sociable


22. _____ Is generally trusting

37. _____ Is sometimes rude to others


23. _____ Tends to be lazy

38. _____ Makes plans and follows


24. _____ Is emotionally stable, not through with them
easily upset

39. _____ Gets nervous easily


25. _____ Is inventive

40. _____ Likes to reflect, play with


26. _____ Has an assertive personality ideas

27. _____ Can be cold and aloof 41. _____ Has few artistic interests

28. _____ Perseveres until the task is 42. _____Likes to cooperate with others
finished

43. _____ Is easily distracted


29. _____ Can be moody

44. _____ Is sophisticated in art, music,


30. _____ Values artistic, aesthetic literature
experiences

31. _____ Is sometimes shy, inhibited

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SCORING INSTRUCTIONS
To score the BFI, you’ll first need to reverse-score all negatively-keyed items:

To recode these items, you should subtract your score for all reverse-scored items from 6. For
example, if you gave yourself a 5, compute 6 minus 5 and your recoded score is 1. That is, a
score of 1 becomes 5, 2 becomes 4, 3 remains 3, 4 becomes 2, and 5 becomes 1.

Next, you will create scale scores by averaging the following items for each B5 domain
(where R indicates using the reverse-scored item).

Extraversion: 1, 6R 11, 16, 21R, 26, 31R, 36


Agreeableness: 2R, 7, 12R, 17, 22, 27R, 32, 37R, 42
Conscientiousness: 3, 8R, 13, 18R, 23R, 28, 33, 38, 43R
Neuroticism: 4, 9R, 14, 19, 24R, 29, 34R, 39
Openness: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35R, 40, 41R, 44

Source: John O.P & Srivasthava. S (1999). The Big Five Trait Taxonomy: History, measurement, and
theoretical perspective. In L. A. Pervin & O.P. John (Eds), Handbook of Personality: Teory and Research (
Vol.2.pp. 102-138). Ne York: Guilford Press

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