NEO-FFI Item Clusters:
Reliability, Means, Standard Deviations, and Constituent Items
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Theme/Label of Cluster followed by Alpha, Mean r, Mean and S.D.; Item Numbers
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Neuroticism
Negative Affect .80 (.75), .44 , 8.91 and 4.24 ; items 1*, 11, 16*, 31*, 46*
Self- Reproach .82 (.83), .40, 9.11 and 5.06; items 6, 21, 26, 36, 41, 51, 56
Extraversion
Positive Affect .76 (.72), .44, 9.94 and 2.90; items 7, 12*, 37, 42*
Sociability .67 (.57), .34, 8.09 and 2.78; items 2, 17, 27*, 57*
Activity .69 (.52), .36, 8.68 and 2.91; items 22, 32, 47, 52
Openness
Aesthetic Interests .75 (.81), .49, 7.24 and 2.71; items 13, 23*, 43
Intellectual Interests .74 (.64), .50, 7.73 and 2.57; items 48*, 53, 58
Unconventionality .56 (.40), .24, 8.85 and 2.62; items 3*, 8*, 18*, 38*
Agreeableness
Nonantagonistic Orientation .71 (.72), .24, 21.03 and 4.42; items 9*, 14*, 19, 24*, 29*, 44*,
54*, 59*
Prosocial Orientation .58 (.58), .28, 12.72 and 1.73; items 4, 34, 39*, 49
Conscientiousness
Orderliness .74 (.70), .37, 13.52 and 3.37; items 5, 10, 15*, 30*, 55*
Goal-Striving .68 (.69), .42, 8.04 and 2.07; items 25, 35, 60
Dependability .66 (.62), .35, 12.41 and 2.19; items 20, 40, 45*, 50
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Note. N = 732, with exception of alpha coefficients in parentheses, which are from the additional sample (N = 253). Mean r = mean interitem correlation. Alpha coefficient under name of domain is reliability of NEO-FFI scale in full sample. * indicates reverse-keyed item.
Alternative Rationally-derived Decomposition of Neuroticism Domain:
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Anxiety .70, .45, 5.37 and 2.64; items 1*, 21, 31*
Depression .76, .51, 4.56 and 2.64; items 16*, 41, 46*
Self-Reproach .78 , .42, 6.83 and 4.01; items 6, 11, 26, 51, 56
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Note. N = 732. * indicates reverse-keyed item.
Note: The scoring keys above supersede those printed in 1998 Journal of Personality Assessment article, which contain a few misprints.