Психометрика русскоязычной версии big five inventory-2 А. Ю. Калугин a, С. А. Щебетенко

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Psychometric Properties of the Russian Version of the Big Five
Inventory-2 
A.Yu. Kalugin
a
, S.A. Shchebetenko
b,c
, A.M. Mishkevich
c
, C.J. Soto
d
, O.P. John
e
 
a 
Perm State Humanitarian Pedagogical University, 24 Sibirskaya Str., Perm, 614990, Russian Federation 
b 
 HSE University, 20 Myasnitskaya Str., Moscow, 101000, Russian Federation 
c 
Perm State University, 15 Bukireva Str., Perm, 614990, Russian Federation 
d 
Colby College, 04901, USA, 4000 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 
e 
University of California, Berkeley, 94720, USA, 2227 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA 
Abstract 
The present article aims to assess psychometric characteristics of a Russian version of the Big 
Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2). This questionnaire measures five basic personality domains, as well as 
three facets per domain. We collected data from an Internet sample comprised of 1,787 people 
(31.9% of men) aged from 14 to 54 years (M = 26.31; SD = 7.76). The study covered over ten 
regions of the Russian Federation. The factorial structure of the BFI-2 was examined using the 
principal component analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and random intercept exploratory 
factor analysis. The five-factor structure of the BFI-2 was confirmed both at the domain and 
facet levels. Strict measurement invariance was obtained across sex, which makes it possible to 
compare raw scores of the questionnaire when assessing sex differences. Sex differences obtained 
in this study were consistent with those published in the extant literature. Across the BFI-2 sub-
scales, internal consistency measured by the Cronbach’s alpha and McDonald’s omega ranged 
from satisfactory to excellent. The Ferguson’s delta (adapted by M. Hankins) was high which 
shows that the Russian BFI-2 can distinguish individuals with various manifestations of a 
domain or facet. To summarize, the Russian version of the BFI-2 represents a reliable and valid 
tool for measuring the basic traits of personality.