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Personality: broadband models

Comrey Personality Scales.

CPS

What it measures
Eight personality factors: Trust vs Defensiveness, Orderliness vs Lack of Compulsion, Social Conformity vs Rebelliousness, Activity vs Lack of Energy, Emotional Stability vs Neuroticism, Extraversion vs Introversion, Mental Toughness vs Sensitivity, Empathy vs Egocentrism (+ validity scales)
Length and format
180 items. 7-point frequency/agreement scales (two response-scale types) (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Translated/validated in several languages (Italian, Spanish, plus others); shown to be cross-culturally stable
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
Comrey, A. L. (1970/1995). Manual for the Comrey Personality Scales. San Diego, CA: EdITS.

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