title: Pictorial Personality Traits Questionnaire for Children (PPTQ-C)-A New Measure of Children's Personality Traits.
abstract: In order to adjust personality measurements to children's developmental level, we constructed the Pictorial Personality Traits Questionnaire for Children (PPTQ-C). To validate the measure, we conducted a study with a total group of 1028 children aged between 7 and 13 years old. Structural validity was established through Exploratory Structural Equation Model (ESEM). Criterion validity was confirmed with a multitrait-multimethod analysis for which we introduced the children's self-assessment scores from the Big Five Questionnaire for Children. Despite some problems with reliability, one can conclude that the PPTQ-C can be a valid instrument for measuring personality traits, particularly in a group of young children (aged ~7-10 years).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski in Warsaw Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maćkiewicz
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski in Warsaw Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cieciuch
keywords: Big Five; Exploratory Structural Equation Model; PPTQ-C; childhood; personality trait