Development of vocabulary-based Chinese seven factors personality inventory

Abstract

Objective To explore the structure of Chinese personality based on natural language and to develop a Chinese personality vocabulary data bank. Methods Based on the sub-factors of Chinese personality scale(QZPS), Chinese personality assessment inventory 2(CPAI-2) and Chinese personality five factors inventory(CPFFI), a self-reported personality questionnaire with 116 items was developed. An exploratory factory analysis and parallel analysis were made to the data collected from 1455 Chinese participants. Results A Chinese Personality Seven Factors Inventory (CPSFI) was developed, which included seven factors with 52 items. 51.63% of the total variance of the seven factors was explained and the internal reliability coefficient was 0.800, while the internal reliability coefficients among the factors were between 0.663-0.912. The retest reliability coefficients of the factors were between 0.700-0.874 (P<0.01). Conclusions Outgoing and emotion are the core contents of the cross-culture personalities. Most of the factors in QZPS, CPAI-2 and CPFFI can be found in the seven factors structure, of which the structure is clearer. Key words: Structure of Chinese personalities; Personality vocabulary databank; Exploratory factor analysis; Validity; Reliability