Short Forms of the Cross-Cultural (Chinese) Personality Assessment Inventory: Reliability, Validity, and Measurement...

Area of Science:

• Psychology
• Cross-cultural Psychology
• Personality Assessment

Background:

• Long questionnaires can be burdensome for respondents.
• Shorter, validated forms of psychological instruments are preferred.
• The Cross-cultural (Chinese) Personality Assessment Inventory (CPAI-2) is a comprehensive personality measure.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop and validate two shorter forms of the CPAI-2.
• To assess the psychometric properties of the new short forms.
• To ensure comparable reliability and validity to the original CPAI-2.

Main Methods:

• Item selection from the original CPAI-2 based on a norm sample.
• Development of a 56-item (CPAI) and a 28-item (CPAI) short form.
• Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) for factor structure analysis and measurement invariance testing.

Main Results:

• The four-factor structure of the original CPAI-2 was replicated in both short forms.
• Full measurement invariance across gender was demonstrated for both short forms.
• Adequate internal consistency and comparable validity (criterion, convergent, discriminant) were found for both short forms.

Conclusions:

• The developed short forms of the CPAI-2 are psychometrically sound.
• These short forms provide practical and validated tools for assessing Chinese personality.
• The findings support the use of these short forms in cross-cultural research.