<p>The aim of the present study is to validate the reduced version of the Big Five Questionnaire (BFQ-C) in Colombian population (Barbaranelli et al., 2003). The questionnaire was applied to 844 adolescents (55% men and 45% women), with ages between 11 and 16 years (= 13.55 and SD = 2.30). From a series of exploratory and confirmatory analyzes, we obtained seven possible models to explain the test factor structure which were compared with each other to find the model with the best statistical fit. It is concluded that the BFQ-C presents good psychometric properties in adolescents and constitutes a useful instrument for the measurement of personality in the Hispanic context. The model with the best absolute fit coincided with the scale's five-factor proposal, so it was offers empirical evidence for the universality of the Big Five model.</p>