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Personality: broadband models

California Psychological Inventory.

CPI

What it measures
Normal-range 'folk-concept' personality scales (e.g. Dominance, Sociability, Responsibility, Socialization, Self-control, Tolerance, Achievement, Flexibility, Empathy) plus 3 structural vector scales and higher-order types
Length and format
CPI 434 (434 items, ~18-20 folk scales); CPI 260 (260 items). True/False (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Translated into 25+ languages with local norms (ES, FR, DE, IT, JA, ZH, and others); extensive cross-cultural use
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
copyrighted - commercial

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Reference
Gough, H. G. (1996). CPI Manual (3rd ed.). Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press.

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