Change Goals Big Five Inventory (C-BFI)

The C-BFI is an adaption of the BFI John & Srivastava, 1999, designed to measure participants' goals to increase in each of the big five personality traits. The C-BFI is considered deprecated. Consequently, use of the 60-item C-BFI2 or 30-item C-BFI2S is recommended instead.

Instructions

How much do you want to change yourself?

Here are a number of personality traits that you may or may not want to change within yourself. Please rate the extent to which you want to change each trait.

Items

1. I want to be talkative
2. I want to be reserved (R)
3. I want to be someone who is full of energy
4. I want to be someone who generates a lot of enthusiasm
5. I want to be someone who tends to be quiet (R)
6. I want to be someone who has an assertive personality
7. I want to be sometimes shy, inhibited (R)
8. I want to be outgoing, sociable
9. I want to be someone who tends to find fault with others (R)
10. I want to be someone who is helpful and unselfish with others
11. I want to be someone who starts quarrels with others (R)
12. I want to be someone who has a forgiving nature
13. I want to be generally trusting
14. I want to be someone who can be cold and aloof (R)
15. I want to be considerate and kind to almost everyone
16. I want to be sometimes rude to others (R)
17. I want to be someone who likes to cooperate with others
18. I want to be someone who does a thorough job
19. I want to be someone who can be somewhat careless (R)
20. I want to be a reliable worker
21. I want to be someone who tends to be disorganized (R)
22. I want to tend to be lazy (R)
23. I want to be someone who perseveres until the task is finished
24. I want to be someone who does things efficiently
25. I want to be someone who makes plans and follows through with them
26. I want to be someone who is easily distracted (R)
27. I want to be someone who is depressed, blue (R)
28. I want to be someone who is relaxed, handles stress well
29. I want to be someone who can be tense (R)
30. I want to be someone who worries a lot (R)
31. I want to be emotionally stable, not easily upset
32. I want to be someone who can be moody (R)
33. I want to be someone who remains calm in tense situations
34. I want to be someone who gets nervous easily (R)
35. I want to be someone who is original, comes up with new ideas
36. I want to be curious about many different things
37. I want to be ingenious, a deep thinker
38. I want to be someone who has an active imagination
39. I want to be inventive
40. I want to be someone who values artistic, aesthetic experiences
41. I want to be someone who prefers work that is routine (R)
42. I want to be someone who likes to reflect, play with ideas
43. I want to be someone who has artistic interests
44. I want to be sophisticated in art, music, or literature