Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ)

Eysenck, H. J., & Eysenck, S. B. G. (1975). Manual of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (Junior and Adult). Kent, UK: Hodder & Stoughton


Table of Contents

Description

History of Use

References

Description:

Purpose
The EPQ was designed to assess the personality traits of psychoticism, extraversion, neuroticism, and social desirability. Questions assessing impulsivity are in the psychoticism sub-scale and questions assessing sensation-seeking and venturesomeness are in the extraversion sub-scale. These latter constructs are presumed to contribute to risk preferences.
Questions
100 items using a yes/no format.
Sub-scales
  • Psychoticism
  • Extraversion
  • Neuroticism
  • Social Desirability
Domain

Psychometrics

Sample items
Scale not publicly available.

References:

Scale:
Eysenck, H. J., & Eysenck, S. B. G. (1975). Manual of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (Junior and Adult). Kent, UK: Hodder & Stoughton
Selected Uses:
  • Corulla, W. J. (1988). A further psychometric investigation of the Sensation Seeking Form-V and its relationship to the EPQ-R and the 1.7 Impulsiveness Questionnaire. Personality and Individual Differences, 9(2), 277-287. doi: 10.1016/0191-8869(88)90089-X
  • Daderman, A. M. (1999). Differences between severely conduct-disordered juvenile males and normal juvenile males: the study of personality traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 26(5), 827-845. doi: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00186-X
  • Engstrom, G., Alsen, M., Gustavsson, P., Schalling, D., & Traskman-Bendz, L. (1996). Classification of suicide attempters by cluster analysis: A study of the temperamental heterogeneity in suicidal patients. Personality and Individual Differences, 21(5), 687-695. doi: 10.1016/0191-8869(96)00102-X
  • Goma-i-Freixanet, M. (1995). Prosocial and antisocial aspects of personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 19(2), 125-134. doi: 10.1016/0191-8869(95)00037-7
  • Rawlings, D. (1984). The correlation of the EPQ psychoticism with two behavioral measures of impulsivity. Personality and Individual Differences, 5(5), 591-594. doi: 10.1016/0191-8869(84)90034-5
  • Renner, W., & Anderle, F. G. (2000). Venturesomeness and extraversion as correlates of juvenile drivers' traffic violations. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 32(5), 673-678. doi: 10.1016/S0001-4575(99)00103-7
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