Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire | Fifth Edition
16pf
Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire Fifth Edition Fifth Edition (16pf®) is an assessment of normal personality used in multiple settings. Guidance on using this test in your telepractice.- Publication date:
- 1993,2002
- Age range:
- Individuals 16 years and older
- Reading level:
- 5th Grade
- Qualification level:
- B
- Completion time:
- 35–50 minutes (185 multiple-choice items, with an additional 26 multiple-choice items in the Couples'' Counseling Report)
- Trademark information:
- "16PF" is a registered trademark and "Sixteen Personality Factor" is a trademark of the Institute for Personality and Ability Testing, Inc.
- Telepractice:
- Guidance on using this test in your telepractice
Since its introduction more than 40 years ago, the 16pf instrument has been widely used for a variety of applications, including treatment planning and couples' counseling and to provide support for vocational guidance, hiring and promotion recommendations.
Benefits
- Provides information for general vocational guidance to help determine occupations for which the individual is best suited.
- Assists with personnel selection and career development through measurement of five primary management dimensions frequently identified to forecast management potential and style.
- Assists with clinical diagnosis, prognosis and therapy planning.
- Identify personality factors that may predict marital compatibility and satisfaction.
- Identify students with potential academic, emotional, and social problems.
Features
The 16pf Fifth Edition includes significant enhancements to the 16pf Fourth Edition without changing the basic structure.
- New Global Factors scale combine related primary scales into global factors of personality.
- Five distinct report options give the test utility in a wide variety of settings.
- The Couple's Counseling Report includes an easy-to-understand narrative summary of results to share with the couple.
- Obscure relationship between test items and traits measured makes it difficult for the test taker to deliberately tailor responses to achieve a desired outcome.
- Simpler, shorter questions with updated language and consistent response format.
- New norms reflecting the 2000 census data on age, sex, race, and education level; and updated item text.
- Separate-gender norms are available only on Q Local. Combined-gender norms are available on both Q-global and Q Local.
Scales
- Bipolar Dimensions of Personality
- Global Factors
- Criterion Scores
- Vocational Themes
- Validity Scales
- Degree of Compatibility
- Couple’s Compatibility Score
- Leadership Scores
Notice: Use of psychological tests in employment-related situations may be subject to certain laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended; and state law.
Sample Reports
Profile and Interpretive Reports: Cover the basic 16 personality scores.
Management Potential Report: Designed for use by industrial and organizational professionals to help support hiring and promotion recommendations.
Couple’s Counseling Report: Easy-to-understand narrative to share with the couple that presents information about their relationship history and their current level of satisfaction.
Clinical Report: Designed for use by psychologists, psychiatrists, and psychiatric social workers. Helpful for diagnostic support and treatment planning.
The following sample reports are available.
