75402 20200117221609.0 doi 10.7717/peerj.5542 sideral 106990 ART-2018-106990 eng (orcid)0000-0001-5251-6066 Martínez-Molina, A Universidad de Zaragoza Balanced and positively worded personality short-forms: Mini-IPIP validity and cross-cultural invariance 2018 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Background. The Mini-IPIP scales (Donellan et al., 2006) are possibly one of the most commonly used short inventories for measuring the Big Five Factors of personality. In this study, we aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of two Mini-IPIP Spanish short forms, one balanced and one positively wording (PW). Method. Two samples, one from native Spanish speakers and another from native English speakers, made up a total of 940 participants in this study. The short forms were translated and adapted based on international guidelines. Reliability (internal and composite) and validity analyses (construct ESEM, concurrent, predictive and cross- cultural invariance through multi-group factorial models) were performed. Results. For both the balanced scale and the PW one, modeling a method factor was not relevant. The reliability and validity indices of both forms were according to theory and prior studies’ findings: (a) personality factors were medium-high related to affective factors; (b) personality factors were less related to life satisfaction than affective factors; (c) life satisfaction was medium-high related to affective factors; (d) neuroticism appeared mainly related to all criteria variables; and (e) an acceptable level of invariance was achieved with regard to the English version. Discussion. This study contributes to research on personality assessment by providing the first evidence regarding the psychometric properties of a PW short measure. These results suggest that PW short scales of personality used after data screening techniques may be appropriate for future studies (e.g., cross-cultural, content validity). info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 2.353 2018 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES 26 / 69 = 0.377 2018 Q2 T2 1.037 2018 Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) 2018 Q1 Neuroscience (miscellaneous) 2018 Q1 Medicine (miscellaneous) 2018 Q1 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) 2018 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Arias, VB 4009 620 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Metod.Ciencias Comportam. 6 (2018), e5542 [24 pp.] PeerJ PeerJ 2167-8359 848488 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/75402/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 99379 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/75402/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:75402 articulos driver 2020-01-17-21:47:50 ARTICLE