3.3 Personality Tests

Basic Personality Inventory (BPI)

A highly structured, multidimensional self-report personality assessment used to assess personality functioning, psychological maladjustment, and behavioral tendencies. It uses neutral, non-stigmatizing scale names to avoid psychiatric diagnostic labels. It is a level B test

Psychological screening

Identification of personal strengths

Response bias suppression

Purposes of the BPI

12+ y/o with 5th grade reading proficiency

Target population of the BPI

12 scales (11 clinical scales & 1 critical item scale)

How many scales in the BPI

Cognitive Style and Infrequency

Personal Cognitive Adjustment

Personal Emotional Adjustment

Social and Self-Perception

Antisocial Orientation

Higher-order factors of BPI

Greater than 70 (Clinical elevation)

T-score for critical concern in BPI

60-69 (Moderate elevation)

T-score for needed close monitoring of BPI

50-59 (Average/Normal range)

T-score for standard and healthy personality profile of BPI

Less than 50 (Low score range)

T-score for functional strength of BPI

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

An introspective non-clinical self-report questionnaire designed to identify people’s psychological preferences. It is a neutral assessment framework, not a diagnostic tool, based on Carl Jung’s theory. It is also an absolute power test, a level B instrument, and uses a typology system

Personal growth and self-awareness

Career counseling and guidance

Team building and workplace optimization

Relationship development

Purposes of the MBTI

14+ y/o

Target population of MBTI

4

How many domains in MBTI

Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I)

Sensing (S) or Intuition (N)

Thinking (T) or Feeling (F)

Judging (J) or Perceiving (P)

Domains measured in MBTI

Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS)

Objective, non-projective personality inventory based on Murray’s system of needs that consists of 225 statements that come from daily life. It is an absolute power test and an ipsative assessment

Assessing Normal Personality Needs

Career and Vocational Counseling

Psychological Research and Discovery

Purposes of the EPPS

18+ y/o

Target population of EPPS

15 manifest needs

Domains of the EPPS

Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF)

Self-report personality assessment designed to measure the normal range personality profile of an individual through 16 source traits

Personal selection and recruitment

Clinical and counseling context

Career and vocational guidance

Purposes of 16PF

16+ y/o

Target population of 16PF

Global Factors & Primary Factors

Domains measured of 16PF

Primary Factors

In 16PF, it is the basic definition of individual personality difference. More detailed information about the richness and uniqueness of the individual

Global Factors

In 16PF, it is the second-order, higher. and more theoretical definitions of the personality

5 (Dichotomies)

How many Global Factors in 16PF?

4, except for extraversion/introversion which is 5

How many primary factors in each global domain?

16

How many primary source traits in 16PF?

Impression Management (IM)

Acquiescence (ACQ)

Infrequency (INF)

Validity scales in 16PF

Impression Management (IM) Scale

In 16PF, it is a bipolar scale with high scores reflecting a preponderance of socially desirable responses and low scores reflecting preponderance of socially undesirable responses

Acquiescence (ACQ) Scale

In 16PF, these are indexes to the degree to which the examinee agreed with items regardless of what was being asked

Infrequency (INF) Scale

In 16PF, it comprises the most statistically infrequent responses on the test, which are all middle responses and appear in the test booklet with a question mark

NEO Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI, NEO-PI-R, NEO-PI-3)

Gold standard test designed to measure the Big Five Personality Traits through the Trait Approach

NEO-FFI

Abbreviated short-form version of the NEO instruments for faster assessment of personality traits

Rapid screening

Research efficiency

Purposes of NEO-FFI

NEO-PI (NEO-PI-3 / NEO-PI-R)

The full-length and comprehensive personality inventory of the NEO

In-Depth Clinical Diagnoses

Executive Personnel Selection

Purposes of the NEO-PI

17+ y/o

Target population for NEO-FFI and NEO-PI

5

How many domains in NEO-PI?

Openness to Experience

Conscientiousness

Extraversion

Agreeableness

Neuroticism

5 domains of the NEO-PI

6

How many facets in each domain in NEO-PI-R

S & R

Forms of NEO-PI-3

Form S

NEO-PI with a self-report format

Form R

NEO-PI administered by an observer

Pictorial Self-Concept Scale for Children (PCSC) by Pasao

Bilingual test that evolved from the need for a self-concept scale applicable to Philippine culture. It is applicable to the high school group and can be used for counseling, general guidance, and research

Kindergarteners and Early Elementary Graders

5-9 y/o

Target Population for the PSCP

Physical self domain

Social self domain

School/academic self domain

Domains of PSCP

Panukat ng Ugali at Pagkatao (PUP by Enriquez)

Test designed to measure Filipino-oriented traits, behaviors, and attitudes, primarily to identify incentive talent

Measurement of Indigenous Traits

Identification of Inventive Talent

Behavioral Research Baseline

Purposes of PUP

Filipino adolescents and adults

12/13+ y/o

Target population for PUP

5

How many domains in the PUP

Openness to Experience/Intellect

Conscientiousness

Extraversion or Surgency

Agreeableness

Neuroticism

Domains of the PUP

Pagkakaila

Kaugalian

Validity scales of PUP

Panukat ng Pagkataong Pilipino (PPP by Carlota)

Indigenous personality test designed to comprehensively measure the important personality trait of a Filipino. It holds the idea of how people assess their personality characteristics, and understand which roles or appearance that greatly suits them

Culturally Valid Personality Assessment

Academic and Career Guidance

Psychological Research Baseline

Purposes of the PUP

Research, Acceptance into program, counseling, & employment

The PPP screens for what?

13+ y/o

Target population for PPP

3

How many domains measured in the PPP?

Form K (Interpersonal relationships cluster)

Form S (Personal traits cluster)

Form KS (Intelligence and Creativity Cluster)

Domains of the PUP

19

How many traits in the PUP?