Mini‐International Personality Item Pool (Short form)

Measure Definition:

This measure is a 20-item version of the original 50-item International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) measure. It is used in some national longitudinal studies, such as the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health).

Construct:

Personality

Construct Definition (and Source):

The complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual. (NCI)

Selected References

Citation PubMed ID

Donnellan, M. B., Oswald, F. L., Baird, B. M., & Lucas, R. E. (2006). The mini-IPIP scales: tiny-yet-effective measures of the Big Five factors of personality. Psychological assessment, 18(2), 192.