Initial Validation and Refinement of the Hierarchical Inventory of Personality for Children in the Australian Context

Abstract

Objective: Amelioration of cross-cultural and cross-language impacts on scale validity should be of concern to the researcher. The Hierarchical Personality Inventory for Children, (HiPIC), a 144-item Five-Factor Model Flemish personality scale, is both a cross-cultural and language scale in Australia. The present study is a mixed method validation study of the translated version of the HiPIC for use within the Australian context. Method: Cognitive interviewing of 10 end-users of the HiPIC identified potentially confusing items. Alternate items were generated by a team of developmental psychologists. A further sample of parents/carers of children aged 5-14 years (N = 399) completed the HiPIC items. Iterative single-factor principal component analyses of the internal structure of facets were used to select psychometrically defensible items for an adapted HiPIC or HiPIC-A. The hierarchical model of the HiPIC-A was then confirmed against a Flemish HiPIC sample using Procrustes rotation, with external validity considered by comparison to the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Results: The resulting HiPIC-A, reduced to 124 items including 13 adapted items, achieved sound internal consistency and high total congruence (0.98) with the Flemish sample. Regression against the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire demonstrated further support for external validity of the HiPIC-A. Conclusion: The mixed method design was an effective approach to a cross-language cultural adaptation and validation of the HiPIC, confirming the robust nature of the HiPIC model. The potential for the adapted HiPIC-A to identify adaptive and maladaptive developmental trajectories in Australian children has important implications for practice and further research. On-going validation is outlined.

Personality Traits Are Associated With Cortical Development Across Adolescence: A Longitudinal Structural MRI Study

“…Personality traits were assessed using the parent report version of the Hierarchical Personality Inventory for Children (HiPIC; Mervielde & De Fruyt, 1999). This 144-item observer-based inventory has been deemed suitable for personality assessment in children and adolescents (Shiner & Caspi, 2003), and repeatedly provides valid and reliable measurements (Mervielde & De Fruyt, 2002;Watt, Hopkinson, Costello, & Roodenburg, 2016), including in Norway (Vollrath, Hampson, & Torgersen, 2016). The HiPIC has concurrent validity with the NEO PI-R (De Fruyt, Mervielde, Hoekstra, & Rolland, 2000) and yields dimension scores for traits that closely resemble the FFM (see Supporting Information for details on the HiPIC); imagination (corresponding to openness), benevolence (similar to agreeableness), emotional stability (corresponding to low neuroticism), conscientiousness, and extraversion.…”

The Queensland Twin Adolescent Brain Project, a longitudinal study of adolescent brain development

“…The cognitive tests focussed on 5 domains: Executive Function, Memory, Language, Processing Speed, and Spatial Processing -abilities that are related to general adolescent development, as well as anxiety and depression. For ease of administration, we selected the iPad version of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery (NIHTB-CB) 33 and the Penn Computerized Judgement of Line Orientation (CJOLO) 39,40 51   Australian-adapted Hierarchical Personality Inventory for Children (HiPIC-A) 52  Autism Spectrum Quotient -10 items (AQ-10) (Adolescent) 53  Children's Response Styles Questionnaire -rumination subscale (CRSQ) 54   Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire -Revised (CASQ-R) 55   Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire -Revised (EATQ-R) 56   Social Support and Family Functioning Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) 57   Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ; Parental Monitoring session 1 only) 58   McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD) 59  …”

“…Australian-adapted Hierarchical Personality Inventory for Children (HiPIC-A) 52  Autism Spectrum Quotient -10 items (AQ-10) (Adolescent) 53…”

Australian personality research: Past, present, and future prospects

“…Gerry Fogarty (University of Southern Queensland) has an extensive record of personality research contributions to Army aviation and aviation safety, addressing factors such as human error, intelligence, psychological assessment, fatigue, mood, and decision-support systems (e.g., Fogarty, 2013;Fogarty, Davies, MacCann, & Roberts, 2014). There has also been some recent innovative research using mixed-method designs for adapting overseas personality tests for identifying adaptive and maladaptive developmental trajectories in Australian children (Watt, Hopkinson, Costello, & Roodenburg, 2017). On the other hand, Jackson (2009) developed both the Jackson-5 scales of r-RST, which can be used to predict dysfunctional behaviours, and an innovative on-line psychological research laboratory for understanding personality processes and how they relate to work performance (YWEDO ("whywe-do"-Jackson, 2011).…”

“…On the other hand, Jackson (2009) developed both the Jackson-5 scales of r-RST, which can be used to predict dysfunctional behaviours, and an innovative on-line psychological research laboratory for understanding personality processes and how they relate to work performance (YWEDO ("whywe-do"- Jackson, 2011). There has also been some recent innovative research using mixed-method designs for adapting overseas personality tests for identifying adaptive and maladaptive developmental trajectories in Australian children (Watt, Hopkinson, Costello, & Roodenburg, 2017).…”