SAPA Personality Inventory.
SPI
A hierarchical personality measure spanning 5 factors and 27 lower-order trait scales (derived empirically from the SAPA project item pool), with a 135-item and a 27-item form
- Length and format
- SPI-135 (135 items, 27 scales) and SPI-27 (27 items, 5 factors). Mostly 6-pt agreement (and some keyed items); public-domain item pool (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Primarily English (SAPA project); the underlying public-domain items can be translated; some international administration
- Licence
- public-domain / open
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- Reference
- Condon, D. M. (2018). The SAPA Personality Inventory: An empirically-derived, hierarchically-organized self-report personality assessment model. PsyArXiv. https://sapa-project.org
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