<p>Dear Editors,</p>
<p>Please find attached our manuscript, “<em>A short version of the Big Five Inventory (BFI-20): evidence on construct validity</em>”, which we would like to submit for publication to <em>Interamerican Journal of Psychology</em>.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In our manuscript, we aimed to provide evidences for a shorter version of the 44-Item Big Five Inventory (BFI), across two studies (<em>N</em><sub>Total</sub> = 8,119). Results provided strong psychometric evidences to a new 20-item version, showing its potential applicability. Our research also presents significantly contribution to the literature and to personality context. For instance, providing a reliable short measure that was extensively assessed by several techniques (e.g., PAF analysis, Procrustes rotation) and through a large and representative sample. Also, showed strong psychometric properties to the Big-Five structure in a non-Western country. The psychological literature has been criticized of focusing too much on Western countries and thus biasing the literature (e.g., Heine et al., 2010). Finally, the recent call to develop short scales to assess psychological constructs (Gosling, Rentfrow, &amp; Swann, 2003; Rammstedt &amp; Beierlein, 2014; Widaman, Little, Preacher, &amp; Sawalani, 2011), to avoid problems such as participant fatigue, lack of attention, boredom, resulting in lower reliability levels, lower validity, and high missing data (Rammstedt &amp; Beierlein, 2014).</p>
<p>Therefore, given the relevance of the topic and the scope of <em>Interamerican Journal of Psychology</em>, we believe the journal would be a very good place to publish our findings. All authors have read the manuscript and consent to its publication.</p>
<p>Thank you for considering this paper. We look forward to hearing from you.</p>
<p>With kind regards,</p>
<p>Valdiney Gouveia and colleagues.</p>