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Faktorenstruktur, psychometrische Eigenschaften und Messinvarianz der deutschsprachigen Version des 60-Item HEXACO Persönlichkeitsinventars

Published Online:March 31, 2014https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000112

Abstract

Im letzten Jahrzehnt wurden in lexikalischen Untersuchungen über diverse Sprachen und Kulturen hinweg sechs grundlegende Persönlichkeitseigenschaften identifiziert, welche im HEXACO-Modell der Persönlichkeit abgebildet werden. Die vorliegende Untersuchung behandelt eine umfangreiche psychometrische Evaluation der deutschen Version des 60-Item HEXACO-Persönlichkeitsinventars. Die sechsfaktorielle Struktur wurde anhand einer großen Stichprobe (N = 3240) bestätigt. Die resultierenden Faktoren verfügten über zufriedenstellende Reliabilitäten und waren praktisch unkorreliert. Überdies konnte Messinvarianz über das Geschlecht belegt werden. Anhand einer weiteren Stichprobe (N = 1012) wurde gezeigt, dass die 60-Item Version zu keinem bedeutsamen Informationsverlust gegenüber der 96-Item Version führt. Die Bestimmung von Korrelationen zu den Big-Five Persönlichkeitsfaktoren mittels einer dritten Stichprobe (N = 235) erbrachte durchweg erwartungskonforme Ergebnisse. Letztlich konnten anhand einer vierten Stichprobe (N = 31) hohe Retest-Reliabilitäten über einen Zeitraum von 7 Monaten belegt werden. Somit eignet sich die deutschsprachige Version des HEXACO-60 Persönlichkeitsinventars zur reliablen, validen und verhältnismäßig ökonomischen Erfassung der sechs Faktoren des HEXACO-Modells der Persönlichkeit.


Factor structure, psychometric properties, and measurement invariance of the German-language version of the 60-item HEXACO Personality Inventory

Recent lexical studies across several languages have provided evidence for six factors describing the structure of personality: the HEXACO model of personality. The present study examined the psychometric properties of the German-language version of the 60-item HEXACO Personality Inventory. The purported factor structure was confirmed using a large sample of N = 3240 participants. The emerged factors showed satisfactory internal consistencies and were virtually uncorrelated. Moreover, measurement invariance across gender was established. A second study (N = 853) showed that the 60-item HEXACO provides a close proxy to the 96-item version. In a third study (N = 235), the HEXACO-60 exhibited a meaningful pattern of correlations to the Big-Five factors. Finally, a fourth study (N = 31) provided evidence for high 7-month re-test reliability. The German-language version of the HEXACO-60 can thus be regarded as a sound tool for a reliable, valid, and relatively economical assessment of the HEXACO model.

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