16 personality factor test

An introduction.
 Personality

 Allport defined personality as "the dynamic organization.

within the individual of those psychophysical systems. that
determine his characteristic behavior and thought."
 Personality testing
Personality tests are techniques designed to measure
one’s personality. 

 They are used to diagnose psychological problems as well

as to screen candidates for college and employment

There are two types of personality tests: self-report

inventories and projective tests.
 • 16PF
self-report
inventories
• NEO FFI

• TAT
Projective
test
• SCT
 16 PF TEST

The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) is a

comprehensive measure of normal range personality found
to be effective in a variety of settings where an in-depth
assessment of the whole person is needed. The 16PF traits,
are result of factorial analysis and deep research on it.
(Cattell, R.B., 1957, 1973).
 History
The introduction of the Sixteen Personality Factor
Questionnaire (16PF) in 1949
 High School Personality Questionnaire (HSPQ) 
 Adolescent Personality Questionnaire (APQ) for ages 12
to 18 years
Children's Personality Questionnaire (CPQ)
Early School Personality Questionnaire (ESPQ)
 Areas of 16 PF
•Emotional engagement

•Emotional stability

•Liveliness

•Socially secure

•Vigilance

•Openness

•Openness to change

•Perfectionism

•Reasoning ability
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•Dominance

•Rule aware

•Sensitivity

•Abstractness

•Uncertainty

•Independence

•Tension
Global or second order factors

•Anxiety
•Tough poise
•Extroversion
•Independence.
 Reliability and validity

Moderate to good reliability rating have been reported for

the 16PF.  Based on a sample of 10,261 individuals, Internal
consistency reliabilities are on average 0.76 for the primary
scales and a range of 0.68 to 0.87 for all 16 scales.    The
test-reliabilities over a 2 week period showed scores of
0.69-0.87 for all scales and a 2-month interval showed
scores ranging from 0.56-0.79.   This data can be found and
supported in the 16PF Fifth Edition Technical Manual by
Conn & Rieke, 1994.
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Studies conducted have supported construct validity
(Chernysheno, Stark, & Chan, 2001; Conn &Rieke, 1994;
Catell & Krug, 1986; Gerbing & Tuley, 1991; Hofer, Horn, &
Eber, 1997).  Translation into several languages – Italian,
French, Japanese, German – are available for the 16PF.  The
test’s applied validity to counseling, career development,
personality assessment and clinical problems has been
supported (Kelly, 1999; Krug & Johns, 1990; Schuerger &
Watterson, 1998).  The 16PF is an established instrument
receiving thousands of publications and qualified
recommendations.
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