Gender and ethnicity differences on the Abridged Big Five Circumplex (AB5C) of personality traits: A differential item functioning analysis

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 613-635

  Mitchelson, Jacqueline K ^a   Wicher, Eliza W ^b   LeBreton, James M ^c   Bartholomew Craig, S ^d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abridged Big Five Circumplex; Differential item functioning; Gender and ethnicity DIF; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949161739     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164408323235     Document Type: Article

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