VALIDIZATION OF RUSSIAN VERSION OF GOLDBERG'S "BIG-FIVE FACTOR MARKERS" INVENTORY

Validization of Russian version of "Big-Five Factor Markers" inventory has been conducted. Application of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis revealed good correspondence between inventory's factor structure and theoretically expected one. All five scales have high internal consistency. Revealed gender and age differences in the scores of inventory scales correspond to those described in literature for "Big-Five's" factors. Correlations with Eysenck's Personality Profiler scales correspond to theoretically predicted ones. All these enable to consider Russian version of "Big-Five factor markers" to be reliable, valid instrument which can be used for national researches and for cross-cultural analysis of "Big-Five" factors as well.