The Formal Characteristics of Behaviour–Temperament Inventory (FCB-TI): preliminary results of the Italian version

This paper presents the process of construction of the Italian version of the Formal Characteristics of Behaviour–Temperament Inventory, the instrument which was originally developed in Polish. This questionnaire measures six temperamental traits, according to Strelau’s concept of temperament. The process of constructing the Italian version consisted of translating an initial pool of 381 items, applied also in the Polish study and psychometric analysis, based on data obtained from 493 respondents (300 females and 193 males) aged from 15 to 75 years. All steps of the psychometric analysis were identical to the Polish version. Findings indicated that the Italian FCB-TI has similar psychometric properties and generally satisfactory reliability and validity.