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The Big Five personality dimensions in large-scale surveys: An overview of 25 German data sets for personality research

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Rammstedt, Beatrice
Roemer, Lena
Mutschler, Julie
Lechner, Clemens

Abstract / Description

In recent decades, the number of large-scale surveys that have included measures of the Big Five personality traits in their standard questionnaires has grown sharply both in Germany and internationally. Consequently, a vast, heterogeneous, high-quality data base is now readily available to personality psychologists for secondary analyses. In this paper, we provide an overview of 25 public large-scale surveys assessing the Big Five. Our aim is to increase researchers’ awareness of the availability and analytical potential of these data, and ultimately to increase their reuse. We restricted our selection to surveys of the adult population, conducted in Germany, based on probabilistic samples with a minimum sample size of 1,500 respondents, and assessing all Big Five dimensions with a validated Big Five instrument. We describe the study designs, the measures used to assess the Big Five, and the research potential of these valuable data.

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Big Five data sets large-scale surveys Big Five Inventory personality research secondary data analyses open data

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2023-11-14

Journal title

Personality Science

Volume

4

Article number

Article e10769

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PsychOpen GOLD

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peerReviewed

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Rammstedt, B., Roemer, L., Mutschler, J., & Lechner, C. (2023). The Big Five personality dimensions in large-scale surveys: An overview of 25 German data sets for personality research. Personality Science, 4, Article e10769. https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.10769
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Rammstedt, Beatrice
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Roemer, Lena
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Mutschler, Julie
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Lechner, Clemens
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2024-03-19T11:02:04Z
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    2024-03-19T11:02:04Z
  • Date of first publication
    2023-11-14
  • Abstract / Description
    In recent decades, the number of large-scale surveys that have included measures of the Big Five personality traits in their standard questionnaires has grown sharply both in Germany and internationally. Consequently, a vast, heterogeneous, high-quality data base is now readily available to personality psychologists for secondary analyses. In this paper, we provide an overview of 25 public large-scale surveys assessing the Big Five. Our aim is to increase researchers’ awareness of the availability and analytical potential of these data, and ultimately to increase their reuse. We restricted our selection to surveys of the adult population, conducted in Germany, based on probabilistic samples with a minimum sample size of 1,500 respondents, and assessing all Big Five dimensions with a validated Big Five instrument. We describe the study designs, the measures used to assess the Big Five, and the research potential of these valuable data.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Rammstedt, B., Roemer, L., Mutschler, J., & Lechner, C. (2023). The Big Five personality dimensions in large-scale surveys: An overview of 25 German data sets for personality research. Personality Science, 4, Article e10769. https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.10769
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  • ISSN
    2700-0710
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/9793
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.14334
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
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    https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.10769
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    https://osf.io/twzaf
  • Keyword(s)
    Big Five
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  • Keyword(s)
    data sets
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  • Keyword(s)
    large-scale surveys
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  • Keyword(s)
    Big Five Inventory
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  • Keyword(s)
    personality research
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  • Keyword(s)
    secondary data analyses
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  • Keyword(s)
    open data
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    The Big Five personality dimensions in large-scale surveys: An overview of 25 German data sets for personality research
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    article
  • Article number
    Article e10769
  • Journal title
    Personality Science
  • Volume
    4
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