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Although personnel selection processes for Basque civil servants often involve the assessment of personality, there are currently no Basque self-report instruments that provide valid and reliable measures of the Big-Five factors of personality. The aim of this study was to validate the Basque version of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R; Costa & McCrae, 1992 ), by examining its psychometric properties. We assessed the dimensionality of the instrument, the convergent and discriminant validity, the temporal stability, and the internal consistency of each dimension. Relationships between NEO PI-R domains and other variables (i.e., gender and age) were also examined. The sample was composed of 1,790 participants (1,031 women and 759 men), whose ages ranged between 16 and 65. Results suggest that the Basque version of NEO PI-R allows assessing personality from the Big-Five framework in a valid and accurate way. The age and gender pattern of personality domains are in consonance with previous findings in other cultures, notably with those observed in Spanish samples.

SarreraThe Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us izeneko liburua 2011n argitaratu zen lehen aldiz. Liburuaren egilea, James W. Pennebaker, Austingo Texas Unibertsitateko Psikologia Saileko irakasle katedraduna da. Liburuak honako osagai hauek ditu: edukien taula, sarrera, hamar atal, eranskin bat, ohar garrantzitsu batzuk, erreferentzia bibliografikoak eta aurkibidea.Liburuaren aztergai nagusia era bateko eta besteko pertsonek erabiltzen duten hizkuntza mota bada ere, egilearen helburu nagusia ez da hizkuntzalaritzaren arlokoa, pertsonen hizkerak haien egoera eta izaera psikologikoaz zer dioen aztertzea baizik. Pennebakerrek berak psikologiaren eremuan kokatzen du liburua. Psikologiako eta gizarte zientzietako gai nagusi batzuen inguruan antolatua dago liburua: nortasuna, generoa, iruzurra, lidergoa, amodioa, historia, politika eta taldeak. Beraz, hizkuntzaren azterketan oinarritzen bada ere, psikologiako lana da nagusiki, ez hizkuntzalaritzakoa. Hizkuntzalarien ikergaia hizkuntza bera baldin bada ere, Pennebakerrentzat bereizgarri psikologikoak aztertzeko bitartekoa da hizkuntzaren azterketa. Pertsonek erabiltzen dituzten hitzak haien hatz-aztarnen modukoak dira: hitz horien bidez ezagut liteke pertsona haien identitate psikologikoa. Pennebakerrentzat, pertsonek hizkuntza nola erabiltzen duten ikusita, batez ere funtzio-hitzak nola erabiltzen dituzten ikusita, ezagut liteke pertsona horien sare soziala eta auzoan edo lanean betetzen duten rola.

The aim of this study was to develop a short Basque version of the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA), as well as to test its factor structure and analyse other psychometric properties. Two studies were carried out. In the first study a confirmatory factor analysis conducted on a sample of 1037 adolescents did not show an optimal model fit of the three-dimensional structure of the original instrument. A subsequent analysis of principal components revealed a one-dimensional structure. The analysis of items led to the elaboration of short forms. In the second study, carried out on another sample of 2129 adolescents, the one-dimensional structure was confirmed, further external validity evidence was provided, and good reliability indices were obtained. A single dimension is concluded, attachment security, as well as the validity and reliability of the short forms of the IPPA in Basque scales.

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