Chinese Pictorial Big Five Personality Inventory for Children (CPBFI-C)

Accurate self-assessment of Big Five personality traits in middle childhood remains challenging. To address this gap, this study developed and validated the Chinese Pictorial Big Five Personality Inventory for Children (CPBFI-C), a novel self-report tool designed for children as young as 6 years old. The CPBFI-C was developed based on the facet-informed structure of the BFI-2, with items sampled to represent diverse facet content within each domain and combined with pictorial stimuli tailored to Chinese cultural contexts to enhance comprehension and engagement. In Study 1, based on a sample of 2,484 primary school students (Sample 1, aged 6-14), the CPBFI-C demonstrated acceptable internal consistency, good test-retest reliability and excellent structural validity via Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling. Crucially, the scale achieved strict measurement invariance across age groups (6-9 vs. 10-14 years) and partial strict invariance across sex. Furthermore, partial scalar invariance was established between the picture-based and text-only versions, which was administered to Sample 2 of 2282 students in grades 4-7. The alignment method was employed for sex and test format and confirmed approximate measurement invariance, thus allowing for meaningful group comparisons. These results support the scale's robust psychometric properties across diverse demographics and formats. In Study 2, utilizing three independent subsamples for external validation, the CPBFI-C showed statistically significant and meaningful self-other agreement with parent-reported personality. Furthermore, it exhibited strong external validity through theoretically consistent correlations with children's self-reported depressive symptoms and teacher-evaluated academic performance. Alignment-with-covariates analysis further showed broadly comparable associations across sex groups. In summary, the CPBFI-C is a reliable, valid, and engaging instrument and provides researchers with an effective Big Five self-assessment tool for measuring children as young as 6 years old.

童年中期大五（Big Five）人格特质的精准自我评估仍颇具挑战。为填补这一研究空白，本研究开发并验证了儿童中文图画版大五人格量表（Chinese Pictorial Big Five Personality Inventory for Children，CPBFI-C），这是一款专为低至6岁儿童设计的新型自我报告式测评工具。该量表基于大五人格问卷第二版（Big Five Inventory-2，BFI-2）的特质层面结构开发，题目取样覆盖各人格维度下丰富的特质层面内容，并结合适配中国文化语境的图画刺激材料，以提升儿童的理解度与作答参与度。在研究1中，基于2484名小学生组成的样本（样本1，年龄6-14岁），通过探索性结构方程建模（Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling，ESEM）分析显示，CPBFI-C具有可接受的内部一致性、良好的重测信度以及优异的结构效度。尤为关键的是，该量表在年龄组（6-9岁与10-14岁）间达到严格测量等值性，在性别间则达到部分严格测量等值性。此外，针对4-7年级2282名学生组成的样本2，图画版与纯文字版量表之间也达成了部分标量等值性。本研究采用对齐法（alignment method）对性别与测评形式进行分析，结果证实了近似测量等值性，从而支持开展具有实质意义的组间比较。上述结果证实，该量表在不同人口统计学特征与测评形式下均具备优异的心理测量学性能。在研究2中，本研究采用三个独立子样本开展外部效度验证，结果显示CPBFI-C与家长报告的人格特质间存在统计学意义显著且具有实质价值的自我-他人一致性。此外，该量表与儿童自我报告的抑郁症状、教师评定的学业表现均呈现符合理论预期的相关关系，展现出优异的外部效度。带协变量的对齐法分析进一步显示，不同性别群体间的关联模式大体一致。综上，CPBFI-C是一款信效度良好且易于参与的测评工具，可为研究人员提供一款适用于低至6岁儿童的高效大五人格自我评估工具。

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背景与挑战

背景概述

Chinese Pictorial Big Five Personality Inventory for Children (CPBFI-C) 是一个针对6岁及以上儿童开发的大五人格自我评估工具，结合图片刺激以适应中国文化背景，提高儿童的理解和参与度。该数据集基于大样本研究验证，展示了良好的心理测量特性，包括内部一致性、重测信度、结构效度以及跨年龄和性别的测量不变性，并具有与父母报告和外部变量（如抑郁症状和学业表现）的显著相关性。