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Validation of the Malay Version of Mini-IPIP among Substance Use Disorder Patients Attending Methadone Clinics in Malaysia

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  • Foo Weng Leong

    (Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Malaysia
    Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Malaysia
    Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital Taiping, Taiping 34000, Malaysia)

  • Mohd Azhar Mohd Yasin

    (Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Malaysia
    Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Malaysia)

  • Eni Rahaiza Muhd Ramli

    (Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital Taiping, Taiping 34000, Malaysia)

  • Nor Asyikin Fadzil

    (Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Malaysia
    Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Malaysia)

  • Yee Cheng Kueh

    (Unit of Biostatistics and Research Methodology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Malaysia)

Abstract

There has been an increasing interest in personality study over the years. This has led to the necessity for personality measures with good psychometric properties. However, good personality measures are usually too cumbersome to apply in real practical settings due to their length. This study aims to validate a commonly used short personality measure of the Big Five model, i.e., Mini-IPIP (Mini International Personality Item Pool), which has never been validated and used in the substance abuse population in the local setting. The participants were 239 individuals attending one of the six methadone clinics in Malaysia. Structural analysis was conducted using confirmatory factor analysis. Results showed a good model fit for Mini-IPIP when item-parcelling and adding-in correlated uniqueness items were applied (fit indices: Comparative Fit Index = 0.949, Standardised Root Mean Residual = 0.044). Our study supported the five-factor solution for the Mini-IPIP. It is valid and reliable to be used among individuals with drug abuse in Malaysia.

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  • Foo Weng Leong & Mohd Azhar Mohd Yasin & Eni Rahaiza Muhd Ramli & Nor Asyikin Fadzil & Yee Cheng Kueh, 2019. "Validation of the Malay Version of Mini-IPIP among Substance Use Disorder Patients Attending Methadone Clinics in Malaysia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(22), pages 1-10, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:22:p:4434-:d:286112
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