Short and extra-short forms of the Big Five Inventory–2: The BFI-2-S and BFI-2-XS

Soto, Christopher J.; John, Oliver P.

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Short and extra-short forms of the Big Five Inventory–2: The BFI-2-S and BFI-2-XS

Soto, Christopher J., John, Oliver P.·2017·Journal of Research in Personality

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Authors: Soto, C. J., & John, O. P.
Affiliations: Colby College (US)
University of California, Berkeley (US)
Corresponding author: Soto, Christopher J.
ORCID: Soto, Christopher J.
John, Oliver P.
Venue: Journal of Research in Personality
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2017-06
Volume: 68
Pages: 69-81
ISSN: 0092-6566 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2017.02.004
OpenAlex: W2590578401
Cited by: 927
References: 39
Citations by year: 2026: 174 · 2025: 163 · 2024: 131 · 2023: 135 · 2022: 129 · 2021: 80 · 2020: 76 · 2019: 26 · 2018: 13
FWCI: 36.79
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Journal of Research in Personality (publishedVersion)
Funders: University of California Berkeley
Colby College
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Keywords: Big Five Inventory-2, Big Five personality traits, personality facets, reliability statistics, validity, personality assessment

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