Going Global: 39 Language Versions of the BFI-2-XS
In the 2023 Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), the Big Five personality traits were assessed using the 15-item extra-short form of the Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2-XS). For this purpose, the instrument was translated into 24 languages and adapted to 29 countries, resulting in 39 language versions. This...
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| author | Beatrice Rammstedt Lena Roemer Dorothée Behr Matthias Bluemke Clemens Lechner Steve Dept Laura Wäyrynen Chris Soto Oliver P. John |
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| description | In the 2023 Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), the Big Five personality traits were assessed using the 15-item extra-short form of the Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2-XS). For this purpose, the instrument was translated into 24 languages and adapted to 29 countries, resulting in 39 language versions. This translation and adaptation process followed state-of-the-art procedures to generate language versions of the BFI-2-XS that are maximally comparable across countries and regions. In the present paper, we describe this general translation procedure from a methodological point of view. We also document each resulting language version and report in detail the decisions taken during the translation process and the adaptations made to preexisting national versions of the BFI-2-XS. Our aim is to share with researchers the resulting BFI-2-XS language versions developed with high quality standards to allow maximal cross-cultural comparability. Our intention in so doing is to enable their wider usage beyond PIAAC. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7a8bdceec6d7426fbcaeefb429dfda2e2025-08-20T02:16:05ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyMeasurement Instruments for the Social Sciences2523-89302025-01-01710.5964/miss.14067miss.14067Going Global: 39 Language Versions of the BFI-2-XSBeatrice Rammstedt0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6941-8507Lena Roemer1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5885-4426Dorothée Behr2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2653-0531Matthias Bluemke3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1493-7462Clemens Lechner4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3053-8701Steve Dept5Laura Wäyrynen6Chris Soto7Oliver P. John8https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0171-0971GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, GermanyGESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, GermanyGESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, GermanyGESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, GermanyGESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, GermanycApStAn, Brussels, BelgiumcApStAn, Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Psychology, Colby College, Waterville, ME, USADepartment of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USAIn the 2023 Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), the Big Five personality traits were assessed using the 15-item extra-short form of the Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2-XS). For this purpose, the instrument was translated into 24 languages and adapted to 29 countries, resulting in 39 language versions. This translation and adaptation process followed state-of-the-art procedures to generate language versions of the BFI-2-XS that are maximally comparable across countries and regions. In the present paper, we describe this general translation procedure from a methodological point of view. We also document each resulting language version and report in detail the decisions taken during the translation process and the adaptations made to preexisting national versions of the BFI-2-XS. Our aim is to share with researchers the resulting BFI-2-XS language versions developed with high quality standards to allow maximal cross-cultural comparability. Our intention in so doing is to enable their wider usage beyond PIAAC.https://doi.org/10.5964/miss.14067big five inventorybfi-2-xstranslation and adaptationpiaaccross-cultural |
| spellingShingle | Beatrice Rammstedt Lena Roemer Dorothée Behr Matthias Bluemke Clemens Lechner Steve Dept Laura Wäyrynen Chris Soto Oliver P. John Going Global: 39 Language Versions of the BFI-2-XS Measurement Instruments for the Social Sciences big five inventory bfi-2-xs translation and adaptation piaac cross-cultural |
| title | Going Global: 39 Language Versions of the BFI-2-XS |
| title_full | Going Global: 39 Language Versions of the BFI-2-XS |
| title_fullStr | Going Global: 39 Language Versions of the BFI-2-XS |
| title_full_unstemmed | Going Global: 39 Language Versions of the BFI-2-XS |
| title_short | Going Global: 39 Language Versions of the BFI-2-XS |
| title_sort | going global 39 language versions of the bfi 2 xs |
| topic | big five inventory bfi-2-xs translation and adaptation piaac cross-cultural |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5964/miss.14067 |
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