Personal History Survey

The Personal History Survey (PHS) is a web-based, branching survey instrument designed to gather information relevant to a respondent’s psychological suitability for employment in a public safety position. The PHS Report is generated from a respondent’s completed PHS and is a narrative-form report intended for use with police, correctional, dispatcher, firefighter/medic, security, and other public safety, public trust, and safety-sensitive positions. The PHS can be used as a standalone instrument or alongside the MMPI^® and MPQ^® as part of a comprehensive preemployment psychological evaluation. 

The PHS can be used: 

• As part of a standard assessment battery for conducting preemployment psychological evaluations of public safety applicants or candidates  
• To guide the review of personal history information and the postoffer clinical interview 
• By background investigators (preoffer version) to aid in organizing and exploring job-relevant, nonmedical personal history  

Key Features 

• Flexible domains and questions The PHS allows users to deselect various domains and individual questions to create a custom administration. Users can also choose from preconfigured setups that include preoffer option for public safety applicants or a post-offer option for public safety candidates. 
• Streamlined administration This web-based, branching survey instrument simplifies the assessment process by administering additional questions based on the individual’s initial responses. 
• Detailed background information on the respondent PHS questions foster candor and accuracy, providing greater specificity and detail than competitive products. The survey collects personal history information in up to 17 domains: Adverse Childhood Experiences, Biased Attitudes and Behavior, Childhood/Adolescent Relationships, Demographics, Driving, Education, Employment, Family of Origin, Finances, Gambling and Gaming, Legal, Life Events, Marital/Partner/Child Relationships, Military Service, Physical and Mental Health, National Security Clearance, Sexual Behavior, and Substance Use.   
• Includes positive and negative history The PHS supports psychological screening focused on risks of counterproductive behaviors and negative outcomes and on traits and characteristics that may mitigate risk and contribute positively to work performance. 
• Narrative statements based on the respondent’s self-reported history The Q-global generated report PDF reproduces the respondent’s self-reported history in narrative form, organized by domain. Statements can be copied from the PDF and used for independent report writing—resulting in significant time savings. 
• Informed by research The PHS questions are derived from empirical findings in public safety assessment and specifically target risk factors relevant to both preoffer applicants and postoffer candidates. 

The PHS Report can be used for the assessment of personnel in the following public safety sectors: 

Law enforcement – police officers, deputies, state troopers, and federal agents
Correctional and probation – correctional officers, parole agents, juvenile detention counselors
Emergency services – firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, and 911 dispatchers
Private security – armed and unarmed guards, executive protection agents, campus and event security
National security and defense – TSA officers, border agents, intelligence staff, military personnel in sensitive assignments
Critical infrastructure – nuclear reactor operators, utility security personnel, armored transport crews
Other public trust positions – child welfare investigators, school safety officers, court personnel, and agency contractors with access to secure facilities or data 

 

PHS Free Trial 

Now's your chance to try out the new PHS for free! You can receive two free PHS Reports on Q-global^® and access to the entire PHS User’s Guide.  

• PHS User’s Guide - coming soon
• PHS Report - coming soon

Sample PHS Reports 

• First Sample Report - coming soon
• Second Sample Report - coming soon

 

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