1. … I am the life of the party.
2. … I feel little concern for others.
3. … I am always prepared.
4. … I get stressed out easily.
5. … I have a rich vocabulary.
6. … I don’t talk a lot.
7. … I am interested in people.
8. … I leave my belongings around.
9. … I am relaxed most of the time.
10. … I have difficulty understanding abstract ideas.
11. … I feel comfortable around people.
12. … I insult people.
13. … I pay attention to details.
14. … I worry about things.
15. … I have a vivid imagination.
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16. … I keep in the background.
17. … I sympathize with others’ feelings.
18. … I make a mess of things.
19. … I seldom feel blue.
20. … I am not interested in abstract ideas.
21. … I start conversations.
22. … I am not interested in other people’s problems.
23. … I get chores done right away.
24. … I am easily disturbed.
25. … I have excellent ideas.
26. … I have little to say.
27. … I have a soft heart.
28. … I often forget to put things back in their proper place.
29. … I get upset easily.
30. … I do not have a good imagination.
31. … I talk to a lot of different people at parties.
32. … I am not really interested in others.
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33. … I like order.
34. … I change my mood a lot.
35. … I am quick to understand things.
36. … I don’t like to draw attention to myself.
37. … I take time out for others.
38. … I shirk my duties.
39. … I have frequent mood swings.
40. … I use difficult words.
41. … I don’t mind being the center of attention.
42. … I feel other’s emotions.
43. … I follow a schedule.
44. … I get irritated easily.
45. … I spend time reflecting on things.
46. … I am quiet around strangers.
47. … I make people feel at ease.
48. … I am exacting in my work.
49. … I often feel blue.
50. … I am full of ideas.
Reverse Scoring: For questions 2‚ 4‚ 6‚ 8‚ 10‚ 12‚ 14‚ 16‚ 18‚ 20‚ 22‚ 24‚ 26‚ 28‚ 29‚ 30‚ 32‚ 34‚ 36‚ 38‚ 39‚ 44‚ 46‚ 49
Extraversion (Items: 1‚ 6‚ 11‚ 16‚ 21‚ 26‚ 31‚ 36‚ 41‚ and 46)
Agreeableness (Items: 2‚ 7‚ 12‚ 17‚ 22‚ 27‚ 32‚ 37‚ 42‚ and 47)
Conscientiousness (Items: 3‚ 8‚ 13‚ 18‚ 23‚ 28‚ 33‚ 38‚ 43‚ and 48)
Emotional Stability (Items: 4‚ 9‚ 14‚ 19‚ 24‚ 29‚ 34‚ 39‚ 44‚ and 49)
Openness (Items: 5‚ 10‚ 15‚ 20‚ 25‚ 30‚ 35‚ 40‚ 45‚ and 50)
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International Personality Item Pool (IPIP)
Goldberg‚ 1999
1. ____ Am always prepared.
2. ____ Believe in the importance of art.
3. ____ Waste my time.
4. ____ Have a good word for everyone.
5. ____ Feel comfortable around people.
6. ____ Would describe my experiences as somewhat dull.
7. ____ Often feel blue.
8. ____ Pay attention to detail.
9. ____ Avoid philosophical discussions.
10. ____ Find it difficult to get down to work.
11. ____ Have a vivid imagination.
12. ____ Have a sharp tongue.
13. ____ Get chores done right away.
14. ____ Feel comfortable with myself.
15. ____ Cut others to pieces.
16. ____ Believe that others have good intentions.
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17. ____ Make friends easily.
18. ____ Do just enough work to get by.
19. ____ Carry out my plans.
20. ____ Do not enjoy going to art museums.
21. ____ Tend to vote for liberal political candidates.
22. ____ Dislike myself.
23. ____ Have little to say
24. ____ Respect others.
25. ____ Don’t talk a lot.
26. ____ Tend to vote for conservative political candidates.
27. ____ Don’t see things through.
28. ____ Get back at others.
29. ____ Make plans and stick to them.
30. ____ Carry the conversation to a higher level.
31. ____ Am skilled in handling social situations
32. ____ Keep in the background.
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33. ____ Shirk my duties.
34. ____ Am often down in the dumps.
35. ____ Accept people as they are.
36. ____ Don’t like to draw attention to myself.
37. ____ Am not easily bothered by things.
38. ____ Am the life of the party.
39. ____ Suspect hidden motives in others.
40. ____ Enjoy hearing new ideas.
41. ____ Rarely get irritated.
42. ____ Have frequent mood swings.
43. ____ Seldom feel blue.
44. ____ Make people feel at ease.
45. ____ Am not interested in abstract ideas.
46. ____ Am very pleased with myself.
47. ____ Insult people.
48. ____ Know how to captivate people.
49. ____ Do not like art.
50. ____ Panic easily.
0.83 for Neuroticism (alpha 0.83)‚ Extraversion(alpha 0.81)‚ Openness(alpha 0.71)‚ Agreeableness (alpha 0.78) and Conscientiousness (alpha 0.82). (Murray et al.‚ 2004)
1: Very Inaccurate‚ 2: Moderately Inaccurate‚ 3: Neither Inaccurate nor Accurate‚ 4: Moderately Accurate‚ 5: Very Accurate
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Goldberg‚ L. R.‚ Johnson‚ J. A.‚ Eber‚ H. W.‚ Hogan‚ R.‚ Ashton‚ M. C.‚ Cloninger‚ C. R.‚ et al. (2006). The International Personality Item Pool and the Future of Public-Domain Personality Measures. Journal of Research in Personality‚ 40(1)‚ 84-96.
For more information on the Big 5 and their measurement‚ see:
Digman‚ J. M. (1990). Personality structure: Emergence of the five-factor structure. Annual Review of Psychology‚ 41‚ 417-440.
Goldberg‚ L. R. (1990). An alternative “description of personality”: The Big-Five factor structure. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology‚ 59‚ 1216-1229.
Goldberg‚ L. R. (1992). The development of markers of the Big-Five factor structure. Psychological Assessment‚ 4(1)‚ 26-42.
John‚ O. P.‚ & Srivastava‚ S. (1999). The big-five trait taxonomy: History‚ measurement‚ and theoretical perspectives. In L. Pervin & O. P. John (Eds.)‚ Handbook of personality: Theory and research (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford.
McCrae‚ R. R.‚ & John‚ O. P. (1992). An introduction to the five-factor model and its applications. Journal of Personality‚ 60‚ 175-215.
Murray‚ G.‚ Judd‚ F.‚ Jackson‚ H.‚ Fraser‚ C.‚ Komiti‚ A.‚ Hodgins‚ G.‚ Pattison‚ P.‚ Humphreys‚ J.‚ & Robins‚ G. (2004). Rurality and mental health: The role of accessibility. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry‚ 38‚ 629–634.