Development and Validation of the Danish Big Five Inventory-2

Abstract. Following the publication of Big Five Inventory- 2 (BFI-2) and its abbreviated forms (the 30-item BFI-2-S 15-item BFI-2-XS), two studies were conducted to develop validate a Danish translation these measures. Study 1 first developed preliminary BFI-2 item pool consisting translations 60 items, then tested refined this using waves data collection, identified set 60-item formulations for BFI-2. examined domain- facet-level structure BFI-2, construct validity reliability measure. generalizability measurement properties found in as well BFI-2-XS) new sample. The results indicate that is reliable valid personality measure with psychometric corresponding English-language original. regarding are encouraging should inspire further validation.