The TIPI's Validity Confirmed: Associations with Sociosexuality and Self-Esteem
Author(s): Peter K. Jonason, Emily A. Teicher, David P. Schmitt
Abstract: Brief measures of individual differences are growing in popularity. The Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI; Gosling et al., 2003) increases administration efficiency and maintains construct validity, but sacrifices some internal consistency when measuring the Big Five personality traits. In a survey of 360 college students, we attempted to replicate and extend the construct validity of the TIPI by relating it to sociosexuality and self-esteem. We replicated some of the most well documented Big Five correlations: Self-esteem was negatively correlated with neuroticism and positively with extraversion; sociosexuality was positively correlated with extraversion and negatively with agreeableness. Results suggest the TIPI measure is reasonably valid.
Keywords: Individual differences; Psychological tests; Truthfulness & falsehood; Self-esteem; Social psychology; College students; Big Five
Pages: 52-60
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