Revised NEO Personality Inventory.
NEO-PI-R
- What it measures
- Five-Factor Model: Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, each with 6 facets (30 facets total)
- Length and format
- 240 (plus 3 validity items on the answer sheet); also an observer-rated Form R. 5-pt Likert (strongly disagree - strongly agree) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- 40+ languages; validated/normed in three-dozen-plus countries (McCrae & Allik cross-cultural program); e.g. ES, FR, DE, IT, PT, NL, ZH, JA, KO, AR, RU, PL, CZ, plus BCMS adaptations
- Normative data
- We hold norms for a related instrument, not for this one.
- Licence
- copyrighted - commercial
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- Reference
- Costa, P. T., & McCrae, R. R. (1992). NEO PI-R Professional Manual. Odessa, FL: PAR. https://www.parinc.com/products/NEO-PI-3-NU
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