Big Five

Big Five, short (Mini-IPIP)

The Mini-IPIP is a 20-item short form of the International Personality Item Pool, measuring the Big Five personality traits. It takes about two minutes. Higher scores on each trait mean stronger presence of that quality. It has been widely used in personality research since 2006.

For each statement, say how accurately it describes you in general. There are no right answers. Answer based on how things have actually been.

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  1. 1. Am the life of the party.

  2. 2. Sympathize with others' feelings.

  3. 3. Get chores done right away.

  4. 4. Have frequent mood swings.

  5. 5. Have a vivid imagination.

  6. 6. Don't talk a lot.

  7. 7. Am not interested in other people’s problems.

  8. 8. Often forget to put things back in their proper place.

  9. 9. Am relaxed most of the time.

  10. 10. Am not interested in abstract ideas.

  11. 11. Talk to a lot of different people at parties.

  12. 12. Feel others' emotions.

  13. 13. Like order.

  14. 14. Get upset easily.

  15. 15. Have difficulty understanding abstract ideas.

  16. 16. Keep in the background.

  17. 17. Am not really interested in others.

  18. 18. Make a mess of things.

  19. 19. Seldom feel blue.

  20. 20. Do not have a good imagination.

Donnellan, M. B., Oswald, F. L., Baird, B. M., & Lucas, R. E. (2006). The Mini-IPIP scales: Tiny-yet-effective measures of the Big Five factors of personality. Psychological Assessment, 18(2), 192-203. Items from the International Personality Item Pool (ipip.ori.org), public domain.