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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 5 Statistics of the factor scores of the scales

From: Validity evidence of two short scales measuring the Big Five personality factors

 

ER5FP

IGFP-5R

Development studya

(N = 365)

Convergent validity study

(N = 554)b

Convergent validity study

(N = 554)

Factor

M

SD

Var

M

SD

Var

M

SD

Var

Extraversion

4.48

1.71

2.91

4.55

1.54

2.38

2.61

1.01

1.02

Conscientiousness

5.61

1.12

1.26

5.34

1.08

1.17

3.37

0.95

0.90

Agreeableness

5.84

1.07

1.14

5.71

1.05

1.11

4.48

0.61

0.38

Neuroticism

3.95

1.64

2.68

3.81

1.60

2.57

2.74

1.13

1.27

Openness to Experience

5.33

1.13

1.27

5.40

0.96

0.92

3.90

0.75

0.57

  1. M mean, SD standard deviation, Var variance
  2. aPassos e Laros (2015)
  3. bThe factor scores were computed using the same items