The Minimalist Version of the China Big Five Identity Questionnaire (CBF-PI-15) is an ultra-short version of personality measurement tool based on the international classic Big Five Identity Theory and combined with Chinese context optimization. It has a total of 15 questions and can be completed in just about 2 minutes. This scale is designed for users who need to quickly obtain relatively accurate personality analysis results in a short period of time . It is particularly suitable for large sample data collection, questionnaire assisted evaluation, educational and teaching scenarios, product user portrait analysis, and daily individual self-exploration.
This version was streamlined by a well-known domestic personality psychology research team based on the 'CBF-PI-B Simple Big Five Personality Questionnaire (40 Questions)'. Adhering to rigorous psychometric methods, it performs excellent in structural validity, measurement equivalence and polymerization validity.
Introduction to CBF-PI-15 Big Five Personality Test and R&D Background
The full name of CBF-PI-15 is ' The Minimalist Version of the China Big Five Identity Questionnaire '. It originated from the 'China Big Five Identity Questionnaire' (CBF-PI, Question 134) and its simple version (CBF-PI-B, Question 40) . It was developed by Professor Wang Mengcheng's team (School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University). Combining local cultural context and language habits, a personality structure model suitable for Chinese people is constructed.
CBF-PI-15 uses the three questions with the highest factor load in each dimension to form a 15-question version covering the five personality dimensions. After factor analysis and verification by 5,000+ samples, it reaches a high level in terms of structural validity and cross-group stability.
Highlights of the Big Five CBF-PI-15 Scale Evaluation
- Minimalist questions : only 15 questions, quickly completed
- Localized design : The word entries conform to Chinese expression habits
- Structural Science Rigorous : Confirmatory Factor Analysis Supports Five Factor Model
- Measurement stability : gender, age measurement is verified by
- The results are accurate and explainable : suitable for many fields such as education, scientific research, and consulting.
Big Five Personality Scale Evaluation Dimension
The CBF-PI-15 Big Five Personality Scale Evaluation covers five basic personality dimensions:
- Openness : curious, strong aesthetic sense, love new experiences and exploration
- Conscientiousness : organized, responsible, highly planned, and highly self-disciplined
- Extraversion : lively, talkative, social, extroverted, and highly adaptable
- Agreeableness : friendly, caring for others, strong willingness to cooperate, obvious altruistic tendencies
- Neuroticism : emotionally sensitive, anxious, highly volatile, weak stress coping ability
These five dimensions constitute the most explanatory structural model in modern personality psychology, and are widely used in career matching, team building, psychological counseling, educational selection, clinical screening and other scenarios .
CBF-PI-15 Big Five Personality Scale Professional Verification and Research Base
- Structural validity verification : Exploring and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (EFA & CFA) shows that the five-factor model is well fitted (CFI=0.946, RMSEA=0.044)
- Measuring equivalence : Stabilize between gender and age groups, supporting cross-group comparison (ΔCFI ≤0.01)
- Significant polymerization validity : The correlation between CBF-PI-15 and variables such as impulse, depression, and anxiety is consistent with existing studies and is in line with the expectations of psychological theory.
- Relevant criteria : It is highly correlated with real behaviors such as smoking, drinking, and academic performance, especially conscientiousness and academic performance are significantly positively correlated with academic performance (r=0.313)
Research support comes from: Chinese Psychological Society, Research Center for Psychological Measurement and Latent Variable Modeling (2019), Zhang et al. (under review, PLoS ONE)
CBF-PI-15 Big Five Personality Scale Applicable Population and Usage Suggestions
- Educational institutions/college students’ psychological census: Rapid screening of students’ personality traits and establishing psychological portraits
- Enterprise HR/Talent Recruitment: Preliminary understanding of candidates’ personality tendencies and assist in talent assessment
- Psychological researchers: control of individual characteristic variables that can be used in large sample studies
- Daily users: Simply test and quickly recognize their personal preferences
- Product operation/questionnaire matching: used with other scales, assist in labeling and recommendation system development
CBF-PI-15 instructions
- This test is a non-diagnostic tool and is not used for clinical medical purposes.
- Testing supports anonymity throughout the process, no need to log in and register.
- It is recommended to complete the answer in a stable state of emotions to obtain more authentic and reliable results.
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