“…These results were comparable to the findings by Ehrhart and colleagues (2009). Notwithstanding its truncated length, the TIPI has demonstrated an adequate 6-week test-retest reliability (mean r ϭ .72) (Gosling et al, 2003), construct validity (Jonason, Teicher, & Schmitt, 2011) and convergent validity with other personality measures based on the Five Factor Model (Ehrhart et al, 2009;Furnham, 2008;Gosling et al, 2003). The TIPI has been used previously in research on preservice teachers (Silova, Moyer, Webster, & McAllister, 2010).…”