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Conscientiousness

CONSConscientiousness (Big Five)
8 items 1994 α 0.80–0.88 Free Saucier, G.

What it measures

An eight-item unipolar personality scale measuring the conscientiousness dimension of the Big Five personality framework. Items are single adjective descriptors spanning both positively-keyed organisational and efficiency traits (organised, efficient, systematic, practical) and negatively-keyed counterparts (disorganised, sloppy, inefficient, careless). Designed as a concise 'mini-marker' alternative to lengthier Big Five instruments, the scale is widely applied in consumer research to assess self-regulatory capacity, planning propensity, and goal-directed behaviour.

Representative items

Citation

Saucier, Gerard (1994). Mini-markers: A brief version of Goldberg's unipolar Big-Five markers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66(4), 722–729.

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