Validation of Five Dimensional Personality Inventory among Nursing Professionals

Z. Hamid¹ , S. Shah²

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Isroset-Journal
Vol.4 , Issue.12 , pp.49-53, Dec-2018

CrossRef-DOI:   https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrms/v4i12.4953

Online published on Dec 31, 2018

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Abstract :
Assessment of personality depends not only on the adherence to sound theoretical background but also on the way this construct is operationalized. Besides, application of proper psychometric procedures is also of tremendous importance for proper validation of personality tools, in this context this study aimed to validate an indigenously developed personality tool among a specific population of nurses. The sample comprised of 300 nurses selected from 11 different hospitals/nursing homes and a standardized tool was adopted to get their responses on a seven point Likert scale. This was followed by analysis of data, descriptive analysis revealed that majority of respondents fall in average category on various dimensions of personality traits. The reliability of the adopted tool was almost found to be satisfactory as indicated by the Cronbach’s alpha value beyond the threshold of 0.60 .While carrying out the confirmatory factor analysis it was found that the model fit indices of the adopted personality inventory are within the acceptable ranges.The paper contributes to theory by checking the psychometric properties of a personality tool assessing big five dimensions of personality, pertinently big five measures are increasingly getting psychometric attention in contemporary times.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Psychometric, Likert, Tool, Nursing, Personality

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