Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire | Fifth Edition

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

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.

• Sample 16PF Interpretive Report
• Sample 16PF Management Potential Report

• Sample Couples Counseling Report
• Sample Karson Clinical Report

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.