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.
9-point unipolar (extremely inaccurate / extremely accurate)
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Alpha ranged from .80 to .88 across multiple samples — Lynch et al. (2010, Journal of Consumer Research 37(1), 108–128). VALIDITY: Lynch et al. (2010) used the scale to assess nomological validity of a separate planning scale, showing that conscientiousness correlated appropriately with propensity to plan. Original validation: Saucier (1994) developed the mini-markers from Goldberg's (1992) 100-item Big Five pool, selecting items with the strongest factor loadings. Four items are reverse-scored (disorganised, sloppy, inefficient, careless). Response scale uses 9 points anchored at 'extremely inaccurate' and 'extremely accurate'.
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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