Psychometric Properties and Validation of Mini International Personality Item Pool (Mini-IPIP) among Nigerian Population
| dc.contributor.author | Ogunsemi, Joshua O. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-04-24T11:52:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-04-24T11:52:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Aims: There is a dearth of information on the psychometric properties of measures of personality in the Nigerian population. This study investigates the internal consistencies and validity scores on the Mini International Personality Item Pool (mini-IPIP) on Nigerian respondents. Study Design: A cross-sectional survey design was used to validate the scale. Place of Study: University of Ibadan, Oyo State, South-western Nigeria. Between January and April 2022. Methodology: A multistage sampling technique was used to select two hundred and nineteen (219) individuals, made up of 113 (51.6%) males and 106 (48.4%) females, between the ages of 35 and 61 years, with a Mean age = 46.49 ± SD = 6.23. The participants included administrative, technical and junior staff working in the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, and Southwestern Nigeria. Participants responded to the Big Five Inventory (BFI-10) and Mini-IPIP. The internal consistencies for the Mini-IPIP was calculated and obtained using Cronbach’s (α) reliability coefficient. Also, the concurrent validity coefficient was obtained using Pearson's Correlation Analysis; Min-IPIP was correlated with BFI-10 to ascertain the concurrent validity. The items total correlations were also obtained to test the relationship between each item and the composite/total item score. Results: A modest but acceptable internal consistency of Extraversion, α =.80; Agreeableness, α =.79, Conscientiousness, α =.84; Neuroticism, α = .83; and Openness to Experience α =.88 for the factors of mini-IPIP was revealed. Positive concurrent validity coefficient was equally observed between the subsections of Mini-IPIP and the BFI-10 (r = .34, .12, .18, .20, .11 for extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience subscales respectively). Conclusion: These findings provide evidence for the use of Mini-IPIP scale as screening tool for the assessment of human personality in Nigeria based on the five-factor model. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2348-0394, NLM ID: 101666096 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.run.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4315 | |
| dc.publisher | Advances in Research | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 23; 4 | |
| dc.title | Psychometric Properties and Validation of Mini International Personality Item Pool (Mini-IPIP) among Nigerian Population | |
| dc.type | Article |