Examining the reliability and validity of Big Five Inventory (BFI) in University students

The reliability and validity of the scores on the Big Five Inventory (BFI) were examined in a sample of 240 university students, (151 girls and 89 boys). Internal consistency of the subscales of BFI ranged from. / 61 to. 8. Face validity of the scale was confirmed by 6 experts (psychologists and psychiatrists). By the use of exploratoryfactor analysis, 5 factors were extracted. On the whole, these five factors accounted for about 40 percenl of variance of the data. Moreover, Confirmatory Factor analysis confirmed the five factor model of personality. The results of this study indicated Ihat BFI can be applied with the university students' population