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Validation of the Basque Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R)

Although personnel selection processes for Basque civil servants often involve
the assessment of personality, there are currently no Basque self-report
instruments that provide valid and reliable measures of the Big-Five factors of
personality. The aim of this study was to validate the Basque version of the
Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R; Costa & McCrae, 1992), by examining
its psychometric properties. We assessed the dimensionality of the instrument,
the convergent and discriminant validity, the temporal stability, and the
internal consistency of each dimension. Relationships between NEO PI-R domains
and other variables (i.e., gender and age) were also examined. The sample was
composed of 1,790 participants (1,031 women and 759 men), whose ages ranged
between 16 and 65. Results suggest that the Basque version of NEO PI-R allows
assessing personality from the Big-Five framework in a valid and accurate way.
The age and gender pattern of personality domains are in consonance with
previous findings in other cultures, notably with those observed in Spanish
samples.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Original Article
  • Pages 193-205
  • DOI 10.1027/1015-5759/a000067
  • Authors
    • Arantxa Gorostiaga, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian,
      Spain
    • Nekane Balluerka, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian,
      Spain
    • Itziar Alonso-Arbiol, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian,
      Spain
    • Mikel Haranburu, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian,
      Spain