<p>Tuesday, April 21, 2026<br />
5:30 pm &ndash; 7:00 pm ET</p>

<p>This 90‑minute webinar offers a comprehensive introduction to the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire<sup>&reg;</sup>&nbsp;(MPQ<sup>&reg;</sup>), the most current broadband measure of normal‑range personality traits, and is taught by Martin Sellbom, PhD.</p>

<p>Drawing on his role as MPQ coauthor, Dr. Sellbom, explains the theoretical foundations, development methods, normative data, and scale structure of the MPQ. The session includes applied case examples led by the coauthor that demonstrate how to interpret the MPQ Score Report and explore an individual&rsquo;s personality dimensions using test results.</p>

<p>Each learner in attendance will need a purchased seat.</p>


Overview of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) Live Webinar with CE: April 21

Language

English

Training Type

Live webinar

Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire

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			<p><strong>Audience:</strong><br />
			This session is targeted for new and familiar users of the MPQ who want to a deeper level of understanding of the questionnaire</p>

			<p><strong>Course description:</strong><br />
			Tuesday, April 21, 2026<br />
			5:30 pm &ndash; 7:00 pm ET</p>

			<p>This 90‑minute webinar offers a comprehensive introduction to the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire<sup>&reg;</sup>&nbsp;(MPQ<sup>&reg;</sup>), the most current broadband measure of normal‑range personality traits, and is taught by Martin Sellbom, PhD.</p>

			<p>Drawing on his role as MPQ coauthor, Dr. Sellbom, explains the theoretical foundations, development methods, normative data, and scale structure of the MPQ. The session includes applied case examples led by the coauthor that demonstrate how to interpret the MPQ Score Report and explore an individual&rsquo;s personality dimensions using test results.</p>

			<p>Each learner in attendance will need a purchased seat.</p>

			<p><a href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/webinar-handout/2026/042126-overview-of-the-mpq-lw-1-5h-martin-sellbom.pdf" target="_blank">View the course overview, learning outcomes, agenda, presenter information, and disclosure.</a></p>

			<p><strong>Learning objectives:</strong><br />
			After attending this session, participants will be able to:</p>

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				<li>Describe the MPQ background, normative sample, and development process</li>
				<li>Describe the constructs assessed by the MPQ scales</li>
				<li>Identify the empirical foundations for using the MPQ</li>
				<li>Interpret MPQ protocols following standard interpretation procedures for the test</li>
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						<p style="text-align:center"><strong>Earn 1.5 CE credits</strong><br />
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						<p><span class="minor">Pearson is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Pearson maintains responsibility for this program and its content. </span></p>
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Training details

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Auke Tellegen

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Martin Sellbom

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John Kamp

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Richard W. Handel

The MPQ is a broadband measure of normal-range personality traits. Featuring new nationally representative normative data and updated scales, the MPQ utilizes a long history of research and can be used for preemployment screening for public safety positions. <strong><a href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/telepractice/guidance-documents/telepractice-and-questionnaires-or-rating-scales.pdf" target="_blank">Guidance on using this test in your telepractice.</a></strong>

Platform Type

Q-global

Material Type

Answer Sheets

CD/Audio Files

Manuals

Test Booklets

Report Type

Interpretive Reports

Score Reports

Scoring Type

Hand/Manual Scoring

Spanish

The Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) is a broadband measure of normal-range personality traits. The 256-item MPQ offers a contemporary preemployment test with nationally representative normative data and updated scales.

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Booklets, record forms, answer sheets, report usages & subscriptions

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Manuals, stimulus books, replacement items & other materials

Support materials

Training

All products

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3

Includes digital-only products: MPQ Manual for Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation (digital) and 10 Score Report usages (digital). Once ordered, the digital asset is accessible by logging into Q-global and visiting the Q-global Resource Library. It is a view-only digital file.

MPQ Score Report Q-global Starter Kit (Digital)

Includes print and digital products: MPQ Manual for Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation (print), 5 softcover test booklets (print), 25 answer sheets (print), a tote bag, and 5 Score Report usages (digital).

MPQ Score Report Starter Kit (Print/Digital)

Includes digital-only products: User&#39;s Guide for the PPIR (digital) and 5 PPIR usages. Pair with the MPQ digital-only or print/digital starter kits, or with the manual (digital or print). Once ordered, the digital assets are accessible by logging into Q-global and visiting the Q-global Resource Library. They are view-only digital files.

MPQ Police Preemployment Interpretive Report Q-global Add-On Bundle (Digital)

MPQ Manual for Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation (Print)

Once ordered, the digital asset is accessible by logging into Q-global and visiting the Q-global Resource Library. It is a view-only digital file.


MPQ Manual for Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation (Digital)

MPQ User's Guide for Police Preemployment Interpretive Report (Digital)

MPQ User's Guide for Police Preemployment Interpretive Report (Print)

Includes 1 digital administration in English, Spanish, or French for Canada.

MPQ Score Report Q-global Administration/Report Qty 1 (Digital)

MPQ Police Preemployment Interpretive Report Q-global Administration/Report Qty 1 (Digital)

MPQ Softcover Test Booklet Qty 5 (Print)

MPQ Score Report Q Answer Sheet Qty 25 (Print)

Includes mail-in answer sheet (print) and Score Report processed by Pearson&#39;s scoring department.

MPQ Score Report Mail-In Answer Sheet/Report (Print)

Includes mail-in answer sheet (print) and PPIR processed by Pearson&#39;s scoring department.

MPQ Police Preemployment Interpretive Report Mail-In Answer Sheet/Report (Print)

MPQ Audio USB

MPQ Audio USB Spanish

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Overview

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			<p>The MPQ can be used as a primary measure for applications in which assessment of normal-range personality traits is useful to explore and clarify basic dimensions of personality during preemployment screening for public safety positions.</p>

			<p><a href="/store/usassessments/en/Store/Professional-Assessments/Personality-%26-Biopsychosocial/Multidimensional-Personality-Questionnaire/p/P100058000.html?tab=scoring-reporting">Learn more about the MPQ Police Preemployment Interpretive Report. </a></p>

			<h3>How to Use This Test</h3>

			<p>The MPQ has been used in research for decades. The research findings support use of the test in settings where the assessment of normal personality traits may be beneficial, including:</p>

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				<li>Therapeutic treatment planning</li>
				<li>Counseling services</li>
				<li>Career planning and development</li>
				<li>Preemployment screening</li>
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			<h3>Benefits</h3>

			<p>The MPQ offers unique perspectives on normal-range personality traits and may help psychologists, clinicians, or counselors:</p>

			<ul>
				<li>Explore and clarify a test taker&rsquo;s basic dimensions of personality</li>
				<li>Gain a detailed and comprehensive assessment of normal personality </li>
				<li>Provide vocational guidance and information on best-suited occupations </li>
				<li>Perform job/interview screening for personality fit within the workplace </li>
				<li>Complement information available from psychopathology-focused measures</li>
			</ul>

			<h3>Key Features</h3>

			<ul>
				<li><strong>Nationally representative norms.</strong> Designed to match 2020 U.S. census projections for gender, age, race/ethnicity, and education, the MPQ normative sample includes 1,000 individuals ages 18 and older from diverse communities throughout the United States.</li>
				<li><strong>Updated scales.</strong> The MPQ includes 256 items used to score 3 Validity, 3 Higher-Order, and 11 Primary Trait scales. These scales have a long history of research use and have been updated for applied assessments.</li>
				<li><strong>Quick administration.</strong> Only 25&ndash;35 minutes to administer by computer and 35&ndash;45 minutes to administer by paper and pencil.</li>
				<li><strong>Comprehensive manual.</strong> The <em>Manual for Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation</em> provides a detailed description of the history and development of the MPQ, information on the new normative sample, case illustrations, and standard procedures for administering, scoring, and interpretation.</li>
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Product Details

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			<h3>MPQ Free Trial</h3>

			<p>Now&#39;s your chance to try out the new MPQ for free! Qualified professionals can receive two free MPQ Score Reports and one free MPQ Police Preemployment Interpretive Report on Q-global<sup>&reg;</sup> and access to two free chapters of the manual. <a href="/forms/mpq-free-trial.html">Sign up today!</a></p>

			<ul>
				<li><a href="/forms/mpq-free-trial.html" target="_blank">MPQ Score Report</a></li>
				<li><a href="/forms/mpq-free-trial.html" target="_blank">MPQ Police Preemployment Interpretive Report</a></li>
				<li><a href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/mpq/mpq-manual-ch1-2.pdf" target="_blank">MPQ Manual for Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation First Two Chapters</a></li>
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			<p>The following resources are available for MPQ.</p>

			<h3>Flyers</h3>

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				<li><a href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/mpq/mpq-fly.pdf" target="_blank">Brochure</a></li>
				<li><a href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/mpq/mpq-reference-list.pdf" target="_blank">Reference List</a></li>
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			<h3>Blogs</h3>

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				<li><a href="/professional-assessments/blog-webinars/blog/2024/06/expert-qa-mpq.html">Expert Q&amp;A: Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ)</a></li>
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Resources

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			<p>The MPQ Score Report and Police Preemployment Interpretive Report provide raw and T scores for all 17 empirically validated scales.</p>

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						<p>Score Report</p>
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						<p>This report provides scores for all 17 scales of the test and includes a summary page to facilitate standard MPQ interpretation along with optional comparison groups and customizable item-level information.</p>

						<p>The Score Report includes the following sections:</p>

						<ul>
							<li>3 Validity scales</li>
							<li>3 Higher-Order (H-O) scales</li>
							<li>11 Primary Trait scales</li>
							<li>3 Comparison Groups (optional)</li>
							<li>Item-Level Information (customizable)</li>
							<li>Item Responses (customizable)</li>
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						<p><strong>Sample Score Reports</strong></p>

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							<li><a href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/mpq/mpq-score-report-sample.pdf" target="_blank">Sample Score Report</a></li>
							<li><a href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/mpq/mpq-score-report-sample-university-student.pdf" target="_blank">Sample Score Report with University Comparison Group</a></li>
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						<p>Police Preemployment Interpretive Report</p>
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						<p>Authors: <a href="/professional-assessments/products/authors/corey-dave.html" target="_blank">David M. Corey,</a> <a href="/professional-assessments/products/authors/sellbom-martin.html">Martin Sellbom</a>, &amp; <a href="/professional-assessments/products/authors/benporath-yossef.html" target="_blank">Yossef S. Ben-Porath</a></p>

						<p>Developed with MPQ normative and comparison group data and providing either a preoffer or postoffer option, this report is designed to inform evaluation of a prospective police officer&rsquo;s job-relevant psychological traits and competencies. The report provides empirically grounded and conceptually informed interpretations to assist assessors when making police officer suitability decisions. The <em>User&#39;s Guide for the Police Preemployment Interpretive Report </em>provides background on the development of the report, standard procedures for interpretation, and case illustrations.</p>

						<p>Features of the Police Preemployment Interpretive Report</p>

						<ul>
							<li>Focuses on identifying both positive and negative attributes, as indicated by the test taker&rsquo;s scores</li>
							<li>Evidence-based interpretive report with fully transparent citations linking all statements with their interpretive sources</li>
							<li>Offers two separate comparison groups with unique features:
							<ul>
								<li><strong>Preoffer police applicants</strong> (298 individuals who completed the MPQ as part of a preoffer suitability assessment)</li>
								<li><strong>Postoffer police candidates</strong> (938 individuals who completed the MPQ as part of a postoffer preemployment psychological evaluation)</li>
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							</li>
							<li>Identifies correlates associated with 10 job-relevant domains:
							<ul>
								<li>Emotional Control and Stress Tolerance</li>
								<li>Routine Task Performance</li>
								<li>Decision-Making and Judgment</li>
								<li>Feedback Acceptance</li>
								<li>Assertiveness</li>
								<li>Social Competence and Teamwork</li>
								<li>Integrity</li>
								<li>Conscientiousness and Dependability</li>
								<li>Substance Use</li>
								<li>Impulse Control</li>
							</ul>
							</li>
						</ul>

						<p><em>Interpretive statements rely on the appropriate comparison group for base rate information and on other police samples for validity evidence that is cited in the report. </em></p>

						<p>This report includes full scoring information (see Score Report) and an integrated interpretation of scores specifically for police applicants or candidates, organized in the following sections:</p>

						<ul>
							<li><strong>Synopsis:</strong> summary of major conclusions</li>
							<li><strong>Protocol Validity:</strong> comprehensive information about test validity with guidance on implications of overly positive self-presentation</li>
							<li><strong>General Personality and Comparison Group Findings:</strong> description of positive and negative attribute statements based on empirical correlates, along with substantive scale findings in the context of the police preoffer and police postoffer comparison groups</li>
							<li><strong>Job-Relevant Correlates:</strong> positive and/or negative attributes and potential problems in 10 job domains identified as relevant to police applicant or candidate suitability</li>
							<li><strong>Item-Level Information:</strong> list of unscorable responses, optional user-designated item-level information, and critical follow-up items for police preemployment evaluations</li>
							<li><strong>Endnotes:</strong> identification of scores and sources associated with each interpretive statement</li>
							<li><strong>Research Reference List:</strong> sources supporting empirical correlate-based statements (updated as additional studies are published)</li>
						</ul>

						<p><strong>Sample Police Preemployment Interpretive Reports</strong></p>

						<ul class="link-list">
							<li><a href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/mpq/mpq-sample-preoffer.pdf" target="_blank">Sample Preoffer Police Preemployment Interpretive Report (PPIR)</a></li>
							<li><a href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/mpq/mpq-sample-postoffer.pdf" target="_blank">Sample Postoffer Police Preemployment Interpretive Report (PPIR)</a></li>
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			<h3>Scoring and Reporting Options</h3>

			<p><a href="/store/usassessments/en/Store/Professional-Assessments/Q-global-Web-based-Administration%2C-Scoring%2C-and-Reporting/p/100000680.html">Q-global web-based administration, scoring, and reporting</a>: Assess and organize examinee information, generate scores, and produce accurate comprehensive reports all via the web.</p>

			<p><a href="/professional-assessments/ordering/how-to-order/mail-in-scoring.html">Mail-in scoring service</a>: Administer assessments on specially designed answer sheets and mail to Pearson for scoring. Scores are processed within 24&ndash;48 hours of receipt, and results are returned via regular mail.</p>

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Scoring & Reporting

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