In 1949, Raymond Cattel published first edition of Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire. There are 185 multiple- choice items, and there are three answer format. Content of items are non-threatening, asking about daily behavior, interests, and opinions. 16PF assess the 16 personality factors and measures levels of warmth reasoning, emotional stability, dominance, liveliness, rule consciousness, social boldness, sensitivity, vigilance, abstractedness, privateness, apprehension, openness to change, self-reliance, perfectionism, and tension. 16PF also include five global factors: extroversion, anxiety, tough-mindedness, independence, and self control. 16PF designed to be administered to age of 16 and older. It takes about 35-50 minutes to complete by paper and pencil format but it takes 25-40 minutes to complete by computer. The revolutionary concept that measured the whole of human personality using a structure discovered through factor analysis.(Rivera, 1996).
The 16PF is used many area. For example industrial/ organizational, counseling and clinical, basic research, educational, and medical settings. In industry, it facilitates personnel selection and development by identifying personal qualities that influence behaviors in work settings, such as problem-solving style and interpersonal style. In clinical, it cannot be used to diagnosis psychiatric disorders (Lally, 2003). However it makes diagnostic decision and plan treatment strategies. According to Cattel, 16PF is used by psychologists and counselors to provide job occupation that best fit the individuals’ characteristics. Also, 16PF can identify such problems as anxiety, behavior, adjustment, academic, emotional, and social.
The fifth edition of 16PF, it measures the 16 personality factors with improved reliability and validity. The test- retest coefficients offer evidence of the stability over time of the different traits measured by the 16PF (Rivera, 1996). The test-reliabilities over a 2 week period showed scores of 0.69-0.87 for all scales and a 2-month interval showed scores ranging from 0.56-0.79. Internal consistency reliabilities are on average 0.75 for the primary scales and a range of 0.66 to 0.86 for all 16 scales.
Cattell H. , E., P. & Mead, A., D.(2008) .The Sixteen Personality Factor
Questionnaire (16PF)
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