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Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire

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The Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) is a personality test measure normal personality developed by Auke Tellegen in 1982.[1]

The test in its various versions has had 300, 276 and 198 true-false items. The current version is the 276 items one. There also exists a short form with 155 items (MPQ-BF).

Scales

Well-Being

Social Potency

Achievement

Social Closeness

Stress Reaction

Alienation

Aggression

Control vs.Impulsivity

Harm Avoidance vs.Danger Seeking

Traditionalism

Absorption

References

  1. ^ Tellegen, Auke, and Niels G. Waller. "Exploring personality through test construction: Development of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire." The SAGE handbook of personality theory and assessment 2 (2008): 261-292.