GOLDBERGS BIPOLAR MEASURE OF THE BIG-5 PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS - RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY

A study was conducted to examine the relations between a recently deve loped measure of the Big-Five personality dimensions (Goldberg, 1992) and several other instruments: the Eysenck Personality Inventory (Eyse nck and Eysenck, 1968), the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (Spence and Helmreich, 1978), and the Masculine Behavior Scale (Snell, 1989). The results indicated that Goldberg's Big Five questionnaire was corre lated in predictable ways with these personality instruments. In addit ion, other results revealed that the Extraversion, Conscientiousness, and Emotional Stability scales on Goldberg's questionnaire were associ ated with a measure of psychological symptoms. The discussion focuses on how these findings provide corroborative evidence for the reliabili ty and validity of Goldberg's bipolar adjective measure of personality traits, thereby supporting this instrument as a reliable and valid me asure of the Big-Five personality dimensions.