标题：The Effect of Item Formats on Factor Structure and Scale Scores of Goldberg's Markers: A Contribution to Cross-Cultural Validation of the Big-Five Model
期刊名称：Drustvena istrazivanja. Journal for General Social Issues
印刷版ISSN：1330-0288
出版年度：2000
卷号：9
期号：4-5 (48-49)
页码：633-661
出版社：Institute of Social Sciences IVO PILAR
摘要：The paper describes the methodological and cultural issues of etic strategy within the lexical approach in personality psychology. Specifically, the paper describes the results of item format effects on factor structure and scale scores of Goldberg's bipolar Big-Five markers in Croatia. Factor and scale analyses of Goldberg's markers confirmed the superiority of transparent format versus the opaque format in sense of superior targeted factor structure, increased convergent validity, increased scale reliability and increased within-set homogeneity. Transparent format has also shown increased discriminative validity and has proven not to elicit self-ratings that are more favorable. All of the abovementioned results suggest that future lexical approach researchers in different cultures and languages use the transparent format of Goldberg's Big-Five bipolar markers, whether they use etic or emic strategy. The transparent format of those markers will provide an unambiguous relation between the imported personality dimensions and the particular I~nguoge (culture) indigenous dimensions or it will alleviate the comparison of dominant lexical personality dimensions wtih the dimensions from other models.
