"'Normal' personality inventories in clinical assessment: General requirements and the potential for using the NEO Personality Inventory": Reply.

1992 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul T. Costa ◽  
Robert R. McCrae
2004 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 676-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Detrick ◽  
John T. Chibnall ◽  
Michael C. Luebbert

Preemployment psychological evaluation utilizing personality inventories is common in law enforcement settings. The Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R), developed from the five-factor theory of normal personality functioning, has proven useful in personnel selection. This study examined the predictive validity of NEO PI-R facet scales for predicting academic, firearms, physical, and disciplinary elements of police academy performance, as well as academy graduation. Results indicated that recruits higher in Values and lower in Excitement-Seeking did better academically, those lower in Anxiety did better at firearms, and those lower in Deliberation and Fantasy and higher in Activity did better in physical training. In a logistic regression analysis, Excitement-Seeking, Ideas, and Values predicted disciplinary memos, whereas Self-Consciousness, Altruism, Feelings, Order, Positive Emotions, and Vulnerability predicted absenteeism. Vulnerability to stress was the sole multivariate predictor of graduation. The use of the NEO PI-R as a selection instrument for police officers appears promising.


Assessment ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 959-977 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco J. Abad ◽  
Miguel A. Sorrel ◽  
Luis Francisco Garcia ◽  
Anton Aluja

Contemporary models of personality assume a hierarchical structure in which broader traits contain narrower traits. Individual differences in response styles also constitute a source of score variance. In this study, the bifactor model is applied to separate these sources of variance for personality subscores. The procedure is illustrated using data for two personality inventories—NEO Personality Inventory–Revised and Zuckerman–Kuhlman–Aluja Personality Questionnaire. The inclusion of the acquiescence method factor generally improved the fit to acceptable levels for the Zuckerman–Kuhlman–Aluja Personality Questionnaire, but not for the NEO Personality Inventory–Revised. This effect was higher in subscales where the number of direct and reverse items is not balanced. Loadings on the specific factors were usually smaller than the loadings on the general factor. In some cases, part of the variance was due to domains being different from the main one. This information is of particular interest to researchers as they can identify which subscale scores have more potential to increase predictive validity.


2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Andrew E. MacNeily ◽  
Lynn Alden ◽  
Eric Webber ◽  
Kourosh Afshar

Background: Our objective was to compare personality traitsbetween urologists and other surgeons, as well as between surgeonsand non-surgeons.Methods: Eighty-six surgeons (57 faculty, 29 residents) completedthe Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R), a validatedmeasure of normal personality traits. Subjects agree or disagreewith 240 statements to generate a score in each of the 5 major charactertraits: extraversion (E), openness (O), conscientiousness (C),agreeableness (A) and neuroticism (N). Each factor is subdividedinto 6 component facets. Scores for urology faculty and residentswere compared to the other surgical groups and 21 pediatricians.Results: The 3 groups differed significantly on extraversion(p < 0.001). Post-hoc analyses indicated that urologists obtainedsignificantly higher extraversion scores than other surgeons(p < 0.05) and non-surgeons (p < 0.001) Other surgeons also scoredsignificantly higher than non-surgeons on the extraversion factor(p < 0.05). No significant differences emerged on openness, conscientiousness,agreeableness or neuroticism. Of the 6 extraversionfacets, urologists obtained significantly higher scores on gregariousnessand excitement-seeking (p < 0.05) than non-urologist surgeons,and significantly higher scores on gregariousness (p < 0.05),activity (p < 0.01), excitement seeking (p < 0.001), and positiveemotions (p < 0.05) than non-surgeons. Non-urologist surgeonsobtained significantly higher scores than non-surgeons on Activityand Excitement-seeking (p < 0.01).There were no significant differencesin the facets of warmth or assertiveness.Interpretation: Urologists appear to be more extraverted comparedto other surgeons. Both groups of surgeons were more extravertedthan non-surgeons. If these findings can be confirmed on a widerbasis, the data may be helpful in resident selection, mentoring,evaluation and career counselling.Contexte : Notre objectif était de comparer des urologues à d’autreschirurgiens, ainsi que des chirurgiens avec des médecins nonchirurgiens, sur le plan de certains traits de personnalité.Méthodologie : Quatre-vingt-six chirurgiens (57 membres du personneluniversitaire, 29 résidents) ont rempli le questionnaire NEOPI-R (Revised NEO Personality Inventory), un instrument validé demesure de traits normaux de la personnalité. Les sujets doiventindiquer leur accord ou désaccord avec 240 énoncés et obtiennentainsi un score pour chacun des 5 principaux traits de personnalité: extraversion (E), ouverture (O), caractère consciencieux(C), personnalité agréable (A) et névrosisme (N). Chaque facteurest sous-divisé en 6 facettes. Les scores pour les urologues et lesrésidents ont été comparés à ceux d’autres groupes de chirurgienset à ceux de 21 pédiatres.Résultats : Les 3 groupes différaient de façon significative sur leplan de l’extraversion (p < 0,001). Les analyses ultérieures ontindiqué que les urologues avaient obtenu des scores significativementplus élevés sur le plan de l’extraversion que les autreschirurgiens (p < 0,05) et les médecins non-chirurgiens (p < 0,001).Les autres chirurgiens ont aussi obtenu des scores significativementplus élevés que les non-chirurgiens pour l’extraversion (p < 0,05).Aucune différence significative n’est ressortie quant à l’ouverture,au caractère consciencieux, à la personnalité agréable ou au névrosisme.Sur les 6 facettes de l’extraversion, les urologues ont obtenudes scores significativement plus élevés pour l’instinct grégaire etla recherche de stimulation (p < 0,05) par rapport aux chirurgiensnon-urologues, et des scores significativement plus élevés pourl’instinct grégaire (p < 0,05), le niveau d’activité (p < 0,01), larecherche de stimulation (p < 0,001), et les émotions positives(p < 0,05) par rapport aux médecins non-chirurgiens. Les chirurgiensnon-urologues ont obtenu des scores significativement plusélevés que les médecins non-chirurgiens quant au niveau d’activitéet à la recherche de stimulation (p < 0,01). On n’a noté aucunedifférence significative pour les facettes de la personnalité chaleureuseou de l’affirmation de soi.Interprétation : Il semble que les urologues soient plus extravertisque les autres chirurgiens. Les deux groupes de chirurgiens étaientplus extravertis que les non-chirurgiens. Si ces résultats sont confirmésdans un échantillon plus important, les données pourraient aider à la sélection des résidents, au mentorat, à l’évaluation et au counselling professionnel.


2022 ◽  
pp. 1-S6
Author(s):  
Anton Aluja ◽  
Miguel Angel Sorrel ◽  
Luis F. García ◽  
Patricia Urieta ◽  
Oscar García ◽  
...  

The authors analyze and compare the factor convergence and predictive power of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) and the Zuckerman-Kuhlman-Aluja Personality Questionnaire (ZKA-PQ/SF) with respect to the Five-Factor Personality Inventory for ICD-11 (FFiCD). A total of 803 White Spanish subjects were analyzed. All the personality domains had significant predictive power with regard to the FFiCD except NEO Openness. The explained variance of the personality domains with respect to FFiCD Negative Affectivity (71% and 77%) and Detachment (56% and 56%) were similar for NEO-PI-R and ZKA-PQ/SF, respectively, but the NEO-PI-R accounted for greater variance for FFiCD Anankastia, Dissociality, and Disinhibition. The FFiCD facets of Rashness, Thrill-Seeking (Disinhibition), and Unassertiveness (Detachment) were located in factors other than those theoretically expected. The authors conclude that normal personality measured by the NEO-PI-R and the ZKA-PQ/SF contribute, in a differential but complementary way, to knowledge of the maladaptive personality measured by the FFiCD.


Assessment ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alissa Sherry ◽  
Robin K. Henson ◽  
Jean G. Lewis

The NEO Personality Inventory—Revised (NEO PI-R) measures normal personality characteristics and has demonstrated appropriate score reliability and validity. It is normed for two groups of individuals, college-age individuals 17 to 20 years old and adults 21 and older. Often, personality instruments normed on older individuals have been used with adolescent populations. To examine the appropriateness of this decision, the current study explored the differences between an adolescent sample ( n = 79) and a college-age sample ( n = 80) on the 30 facets and the five domains of the NEO PI-R. Group differences on the facet and domain scales were analyzed using descriptive discriminant analysis. Results indicated that the adolescent and college groups differed on each of the five domains. As expected, the groups also scored differently using the aggregated domain-level variables as the outcome measures. Suggestions for future research include the development of normative data for the adolescent population.


1999 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 497-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nerella V. Ramanaiah ◽  
J. Patrick Sharpe ◽  
Anupama Byravan

This study tested Maddi and Khoshaba's 1994 hypothesis that Hardiness is an index of mental health. A sample of 241 undergraduates (103 men and 138 women) completed the Dispositional Resilience Scale, the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, and the Psychopathology–5 Scales. Using the individual median scores on the three subscales (Commitment, Control, and Challenge) of the Dispositional Resilience Scale, the High Hardiness group was obtained by identifying the individuals who scored above the medians on all the three subscales, whereas the Low Hardiness group were those who scored consistently below the medians on all the three subscales. Multivariate analysis of variance performed for the two hardiness groups using the scales from each personality inventory indicated that the two groups had significantly different mean profiles on the NEO Personality Inventory as well as the Psychopathology–5 Scales. Combined discriminant function analysis performed for the two hardiness groups using all the 10 scales from the two personality inventories indicated that the two groups had significantly different mean profiles and that the standard discriminant function coefficients were substantial (>.3) for the NEO Personality Inventory Openness (.65) and Conscientiousness (.49) scales and the Psychopathology–5 Positive Emotionality (.56) and Psychoticism (−.36) scales, supporting the tested hypothesis.


2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-125
Author(s):  
Johannes Schult ◽  
Rebecca Schneider ◽  
Jörn R. Sparfeldt

Abstract. The need for efficient personality inventories has led to the wide use of short instruments. The corresponding items often contain multiple, potentially conflicting descriptors within one item. In Study 1 ( N = 198 university students), the reliability and validity of the TIPI (Ten-Item Personality Inventory) was compared with the reliability and validity of a modified TIPI based on items that rephrased each two-descriptor item into two single-descriptor items. In Study 2 ( N = 268 university students), we administered the BFI-10 (Big Five Inventory short version) and a similarly modified version of the BFI-10 without two-descriptor items. In both studies, reliability and construct validity values occasionally improved for separated multi-descriptor items. The inventories with multi-descriptor items showed shortcomings in some factors of the TIPI and the BFI-10. However, the other scales worked comparably well in the original and modified inventories. The limitations of short personality inventories with multi-descriptor items are discussed.


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