Psychometric properties of the Ten-Item Personality Inventory for Children and Adolescents (TIPI-CA) in a Spanish sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) is a non-commercial very brief Five-Factor Model (FFM) measure widely employed in research. Its use has been extended to children and adolescents, without exploring the suitability of its employment for these early ages. The present study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of an adaptation of this questionnaire (the Ten-Item Personality Inventory for Children and Adolescents, TIPI-CA).

Participants and procedure

The sample comprised 2428 children and adolescents (M _age = 12.65, SD = 2.41, 47.16% girls). The psychometric properties of the TIPI-CA were explored in terms of factor validity (including measurement invariance across gender), as well as convergent and divergent validities in a s

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Fernandez FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11995023 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature