Abstract
NEO-FFI as translated in Urdu in the National Institute of
Psychology was used on 452 undergraduate students in Pakistan.
Item-analysis revealed that the response pattern of the students was
differentiated across the five response choices for 44 of the 60 items.
The mean scores of the respondents were close to a theoretical
average of 35 for each scale. Girls scored significantly higher than
boys on Neuroticism and Conscientiousness scales. The alpha index
for the Neuroticism and Conscientiousness scales was in the .70s for
Extraversion scale in the .50s and for Openness and Agreeableness
scales in the 40s. The scales evidenced validity across multiple
criterions. The translation of the 16 items that yielded
undifferentiated responses were revisited by a committee of three
faculty members in psychology. The inventory was thereafter
administered to a community sample of 320 (male 139, female, 181)
who gained 2-3 points in mean scores over the student sample on
Neuroticism and Conscientiousness scales. The normative data of the
community sample are recommended to be used for every day
applications of the inventory in Pakistan
Iftikhar Ahmad. (2010) The Big Five Personality Inventory: Performance of Students and Community in Pakistan, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 2 0, Issue 2.
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