Ten-Item Personality Inventory-(TIPI)

Here are a number of personality traits that may or may not apply to you.
Please write a number next to each statement to indicate the extent to
which you agree or disagree with that statement. ou should rate the
extent to which the pair of traits applies to you! even if one characteristic
applies more strongly than the other.

" # $isagree strongly
% # $isagree moderately
& # $isagree a little
' # (either agree nor disagree
) # *gree a little
+ # *gree moderately
, # *gree strongly

I see myself as-

". ..... /xtraverted! enthusiastic.

%. ..... 0ritical! 1uarrelsome.

&. ..... $ependable! self-disciplined.

'. ..... *nxious! easily upset.

). ..... 2pen to new experiences! complex.

+. ..... 3eserved! 1uiet.

,. ..... 4ympathetic! warm.

5. ..... $isorgani6ed! careless.

7. ..... 0alm! emotionally stable.

"8. ..... 0onventional! uncreative.
........................................................
TIPI scale scoring (93: denotes reverse-scored items)-
/xtraversion- "! +3; *greeableness- %3! ,; 0onscientiousness; &! 53;
/motional 4tability- '3! 7; 2penness to /xperiences- )! "83.
Ten Item Personality Measure (TIPI)
The TIPI is a 10-item measure of the Big Five (or Five-Factor Model)
dimensions. Before you use this instrument !lease read this note on al!ha
relia"ility and factor structure.
#riginal reference$
%osling &. '. (entfro) P. *. + &)ann ,. B. *r. (-00.). / 0ery Brief
Measure of the Big Five Personality 'omains. Journal of Research in
Personality, 37, 504-528.
/"stract
<hen time is limited! researchers may be faced with the choice of using an extremely
brief measure of the =ig->ive personality dimensions or using no measure at all. To
meet the need for a very brief measure! ) and "8-item inventories were developed and
evaluated. *lthough somewhat inferior to standard multi-item instruments! the
instruments reached ade1uate levels in terms of (a) convergence with widely used
=ig->ive measures in self! observer! and peer reports! (b) test-retest reliability! (c)
patterns of predicted external correlates! and (d) convergence between self and
observer ratings. 2n the basis of these tests! a "8-item measure of the =ig >ive
dimensions is offered for situations when very short measures are needed! personality
is not the primary topic of interest! or researchers can tolerate the somewhat
diminished psychometric properties associated with very brief measures.
More information$
1. TIPI manuscri!t (!df format)
-. TIPI scale (html)
.. TIPI scale (!df format)
1. TIPI norms (!df format)
Scoring the TIPI
1. Recode the reverse-scored items (i.e., recode a 7 ith a 1, a ! ith a
", a # ith a $, etc.). The reverse scored items are ", %, !, &, ' 1(.
". Ta)e the *+,R*-, o. the to items (the standard item and the
recoded reverse-scored item) that ma)e u/ each scale.
,0am/le using the ,0traversion scale1 * /artici/ant has scores o. # on
item 1 (,0traverted, enthusiastic) and and " on item ! (Reserved, 2uiet).
3irst, recode the reverse-scored item (i.e., item !), re/lacing the " ith
a !. Second, ta)e the average o. the score .or item 1 and the (recoded)
score .or item !. So the TIPI ,0traversion scale score ould 4e1 (# 5 !)6"
7 #.#

Translations
These translations have "een !rovided "y their develo!ers for research use.
I have included them here as a resource for researchers "ut their inclusion
does not im!ly that I endorse them. They differ in the !rocedures used to
develo! them and the degree to )hich they have "een validated. I did not
develo! them and have not used them in my o)n research so I cannot
evaluate them. For further details on the instruments !lease contact their
authors. /s far as I 2no) you are free to use these translations "ut as a
courtesy I encourage you to contact the contact !ersons listed "elo) "efore
doing so.

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/ (Traditional) 3hinese version of the TIPI is availa"le here (in !df format).
It )as develo!ed "y *ean T4ou and 5ise 'e&hea.
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/ 'utch version of the TIPI is availa"le here (in )ord format). It )as
develo!ed "y &ander 6oole.
3*RSI (P,RSI*:)
/ Farsi version of the TIPI is availa"le here (in !df format). It )as develo!ed
"y Mad7id Mir4ava4iri 8amid 0a4ire and &imine 0a4ire.
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/ French version of the TIPI is availa"le here (in )ord format). It )as
develo!ed "y 9rica 3arlisle.
/ revised version of the 3arlisle instrument is availa"le here (in !df format).
It eliminates three additional (non-TIPI) items lists the traits in "oth
masculine and feminine form and uses the original TIPI item order. The
revision )as made "y Mi2e Friedman.
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/ %erman version of the TIPI is availa"le here (in )ord format) or "y
emailing the authors Benedi2t 8ell and Peter M. Muc2.
The validation of this instrument is descri"ed in$
Muc2 P. M. 8ell B + %osling &. '. (in !ress). 3onstruct validation of a
short Five-Factor Model instrument$ / self-!eer study on the %erman
ada!tation of the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI-%). European Journal
of Personality Assessent. Please email Benedi2t 8ell or Peter M. Muc2 for
information on this !a!er.
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/n Italian version of the TIPI is availa"le here (in )ord format). It )as
develo!ed "y 9rica 3arlisle.
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/ :or)egian version of the TIPI is availa"le here (in )ord format) or "y
emailing the author 3ristina /icher.
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/ &)edish version of the TIPI is availa"le here (in )ord format). It )as
develo!ed "y 9rica 3arlisle.
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To S/anish versions o. the TIPI are availa4le1
#ne version is availa"le here (in )ord format). It )as develo!ed "y :airan
(amire4.
/nother version is availa"le here (in )ord format). It )as develo!ed "y
9rica 3arlisle.

@i4liogra/hy
/s a resource for researchers I !lan to create a "i"liogra!hy of all !a!ers
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