INTRODUCTION TO PERSONALITY

SUBMITTED BY- SHWETA UPPAL SALONI SAHU SANJIT MOHAPATRA

PERSONALITYPersonality is a dynamic organization inside the person of psychophysical systems that create the personrsquos characteristic pattern of behaviour thoughts and feelings(text p 5 Gordon Allport 1937)

Personality is a dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by a person that uniquely influences their environment cognitions emotions motivations and behavioural science in various situations The word personality originates from the latin word persona which means mask

Personality assessment is a questionnaire that is supposed to yield a description of personrsquos personality traitsrdquo a personality inventory is a direct test of personality as contrasted with a projective test

Personality assessment the measurement of personal characteristics Assessment is an end result of gathering information intended to advance psychological theory and research and to increase the probability that wise decisions will be made in applied settingsIt includes interview rating scale self reports projective techniques and behavioural assessment

PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT

1 INTERVIEW

Interviews are one of the oldest method of assessment Interviews are both verbal and non verbal components Interviewers can obtain information about a personrsquos thoughts feelings and other internal states as well as information about current and past relationship experiences and behaviour Structured interviews contain set of specific questions that are administered to every participant Another type clinical interview is focussed on assessing the status of a particular individual

2 RATING SCALE

Rating scales present users with an item and ask them to select from a number of choices The rating scale is similar in some respects to a multiple choice test but its options represent degrees of a particular characteristicRating scales are used by observers and also by individuals for self-reporting They permit convenient characterization of other people and their behaviour The rating scale is one approach to securing judgements Rating scales present an observer with scalar dimensions along which those who are observed are to be placed A teacher for example might be asked to rate students on the degree to which the behaviour of each reflects leadership capacity shyness or creativity Peers might rate each other along dimensions such as friendliness trustworthiness and social skills Several standardized printed rating scales are available for describing the behaviour of psychiatric hospital patients Relatively objective rating scales have also been devised for use with other groups

3 PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES

Projective techniques in which a person is shown ambiguous stimuli (such as shapes or pictures) and asked to interpret them in some way (such stimuli allow relative freedom in projecting onersquos own interest and feelings into them reacting in any way that seems appropriate) projective techniques are believed to be sensitive to unconscious dimensions of personality Defence mechanisms latent impulse and anxieties have all been inferred from data gathered in projective situations There are 2 test under this technique ndash1Rorschach inkblot testThe Rorschach Inkblot Test is a projective psychological test consisting of 10 inkblots printed on cards (five in black and white five in color) created in 19212 Thematic apperception test (TAT)The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective psychological test Proponents of this technique assert that a persons responses reveal underlying motives concerns and the way they see the social world through the stories they make up about ambiguous pictures of people

4 BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT

Objective observation of a subjectrsquos behaviour is a technique that falls in the category of behavioural assessment Objective information includes the person observable behaviour and usually dose not require the assessor to draw complex inferences about such topics as attitudes towards parents unconscious wishes and deep-seated conflicts Such objective information is measured by behavioural assessment Psychologists device an explicit coding system that contains the behavioural categories of interest It can provide valuable information about how frequently and under what conditions certain classes of behaviour occur Behaviour assessment requires precision in defining the behaviour of in trust and condition in which they occur

GENERAL APPLICATIONS

bull Personality Testing is used in recruitment Effective recruiters use personality assessment to enhance their decision- making about the potential of applicants

bull Personality tests are used for managing people and for understanding yourself

bull It is used to evaluate the effectiveness of therapy

bull Personality tests are used in Diagnosing psychological problems

bull It is also used for assessing theories

REFERENCES

1Costa Paul T McCrae Robert R (1985) The NEO personality inventory manual Odessa FL Psychological Assessment Resources

2Gregory RJ(2005) Psychological Testing History Principles and application New Delhi Pearson Education

3Passer MW and Smith RE(2007) psychology The Science Of Mind And Behavior

INTRODUCTION TO NEO FIVE-FACTOR INVENTORY-3 (NEO-FFI-3)

The NEO Five-Factor Inventory-3 (NEO-FFI-3) is the updated version of the NEO-FFI mdash a 60-item version of the NEO-PI-3 It provides a quick reliable and accurate measure of the five domains of personality and is particularly useful when time is limited and when global information on personality is needed The NEO-FFI was developed by Robert R McCrae Paul T Costa Jr(1989 1992 2010)

The Big Five personality traits are five broad domains or dimensions of personality that are used to describe human personality the five-factor model (FFM) The five factors are neuroticism extraversion openness agrreableness conscientiousness Acronyms commonly used to refer to the five traits collectively are OCEAN NEOAC or CANOE Beneath each global factor a cluster of correlated and more specific primary factors are found for example extraversion includes such related qualities as gregariousness assertiveness excitement seeking warmth activity and positive emotionsThe Big Five model is able to account for different traits in personality without overlapping Empirical research has shown that the Big Five personality traits show consistency in interviews self-descriptions and observations Moreover this five-factor structure seems to be found across a wide range of participants of different ages and of different cultures

Five domains of NEO-FFI

1 NeuroticismThe tendency to experience unpleasant emotions easily such as anger anxiety depression and vulnerability Neuroticism also refers to the degree of emotional stability and impulse control and is sometimes referred to by its low pole ldquoemotional stability A high need for stability manifest as stable and calm personality but can be seen as uninspiring and unconcerned A low need for stability causes a reactive and excitable personality often very dynamic individuals but they can be perceived as unstable or insecureFacets of Neuroticism- Anxiety Hostility Depression Self consciousness impulsiveness vulnerability to stress

2 Extraversion

Energy positive emotions surgency assertiveness sociability and the tendency to seek stimulation in the company of others and talkativeness High extraversion is often perceived as attention-seeking and domineering Low extraversion causes a reserved reflective personality which can be perceived as aloof or self-absorbedFacets- warmth gregariousness assertiveness activity excitement seeking positive emotion

3 Openness

Appreciation for art emotion adventure unusual ideas curiosity and variety of experience Openness reflects the degree of intellectual curiosity creativity and a preference for novelty and variety a person has It is also described as the extent to which a person is imaginative or independent and depicts a personal preference for a variety of activities over a strict routine Facet- fantasy aesthetics feelings actions ideas values

4 Agreeableness

A tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others It is also a measure of ones trusting and helpful nature and whether a person is generally well tempered or not High agreeableness is often seen as naive or submissive Low agreeableness personalities are often competitive or challenging people which can be seen as argumentative or untrustworthyFacet- trust straightforwardness altruism compliance modesty

5 Conscientiousness

A tendency to be organized and dependable show self-discipline act dutifully aim for achievement and prefer planned rather than spontaneous behaviour High conscientiousness often perceived as stubborn and obsessive Low conscientiousness are flexible and spontaneous but can be perceived as sloppy and unreliableFacet- competence order dutifulness achievement striving self discipline

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF NEO FFI-3

RELIABILITY

Table 1 Table shows Test Retest Reliability scores on 5 scales of NEO FFI 3for 107 college students and 462 Australian adults respectively

SAMPLE N E O A C

AdultTest-retest correlations(2001)n= 107

89 86 88 86 90

Test-retest correlations(2003)n= 462

80 86 87 80 85

SAMPLE N E O A C

Adult

Coefficient alpha 86 79 78 79 82

VALIDITYTable 2 Table shows Psychometric Characteristic of The NEO FFI 3 in Adult Sample For 180 adolescents and 532 adults

APPLICATIONSbullThe NEO-FFI-3 can help you understand your clientrsquos basic emotional interpersonal experiential attitudinal and motivational styles It can also help you quickly develop rapport with your client provide meaningful feedback and insight that will help your client develop greater self-understanding enable you to anticipate the course of therapy and help you select the optimal treatment or program based on your clientrsquos personalitybullIt is used in vocational guidancebullIt is used in occupational assessment for selection and development

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

PERSONALITYPersonality is a dynamic organization inside the person of psychophysical systems that create the personrsquos characteristic pattern of behaviour thoughts and feelings(text p 5 Gordon Allport 1937)

Personality is a dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by a person that uniquely influences their environment cognitions emotions motivations and behavioural science in various situations The word personality originates from the latin word persona which means mask

Personality assessment is a questionnaire that is supposed to yield a description of personrsquos personality traitsrdquo a personality inventory is a direct test of personality as contrasted with a projective test

Personality assessment the measurement of personal characteristics Assessment is an end result of gathering information intended to advance psychological theory and research and to increase the probability that wise decisions will be made in applied settingsIt includes interview rating scale self reports projective techniques and behavioural assessment

PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT

1 INTERVIEW

Interviews are one of the oldest method of assessment Interviews are both verbal and non verbal components Interviewers can obtain information about a personrsquos thoughts feelings and other internal states as well as information about current and past relationship experiences and behaviour Structured interviews contain set of specific questions that are administered to every participant Another type clinical interview is focussed on assessing the status of a particular individual

2 RATING SCALE

Rating scales present users with an item and ask them to select from a number of choices The rating scale is similar in some respects to a multiple choice test but its options represent degrees of a particular characteristicRating scales are used by observers and also by individuals for self-reporting They permit convenient characterization of other people and their behaviour The rating scale is one approach to securing judgements Rating scales present an observer with scalar dimensions along which those who are observed are to be placed A teacher for example might be asked to rate students on the degree to which the behaviour of each reflects leadership capacity shyness or creativity Peers might rate each other along dimensions such as friendliness trustworthiness and social skills Several standardized printed rating scales are available for describing the behaviour of psychiatric hospital patients Relatively objective rating scales have also been devised for use with other groups

3 PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES

Projective techniques in which a person is shown ambiguous stimuli (such as shapes or pictures) and asked to interpret them in some way (such stimuli allow relative freedom in projecting onersquos own interest and feelings into them reacting in any way that seems appropriate) projective techniques are believed to be sensitive to unconscious dimensions of personality Defence mechanisms latent impulse and anxieties have all been inferred from data gathered in projective situations There are 2 test under this technique ndash1Rorschach inkblot testThe Rorschach Inkblot Test is a projective psychological test consisting of 10 inkblots printed on cards (five in black and white five in color) created in 19212 Thematic apperception test (TAT)The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective psychological test Proponents of this technique assert that a persons responses reveal underlying motives concerns and the way they see the social world through the stories they make up about ambiguous pictures of people

4 BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT

Objective observation of a subjectrsquos behaviour is a technique that falls in the category of behavioural assessment Objective information includes the person observable behaviour and usually dose not require the assessor to draw complex inferences about such topics as attitudes towards parents unconscious wishes and deep-seated conflicts Such objective information is measured by behavioural assessment Psychologists device an explicit coding system that contains the behavioural categories of interest It can provide valuable information about how frequently and under what conditions certain classes of behaviour occur Behaviour assessment requires precision in defining the behaviour of in trust and condition in which they occur

GENERAL APPLICATIONS

bull Personality Testing is used in recruitment Effective recruiters use personality assessment to enhance their decision- making about the potential of applicants

bull Personality tests are used for managing people and for understanding yourself

bull It is used to evaluate the effectiveness of therapy

bull Personality tests are used in Diagnosing psychological problems

bull It is also used for assessing theories

REFERENCES

1Costa Paul T McCrae Robert R (1985) The NEO personality inventory manual Odessa FL Psychological Assessment Resources

2Gregory RJ(2005) Psychological Testing History Principles and application New Delhi Pearson Education

3Passer MW and Smith RE(2007) psychology The Science Of Mind And Behavior

INTRODUCTION TO NEO FIVE-FACTOR INVENTORY-3 (NEO-FFI-3)

The NEO Five-Factor Inventory-3 (NEO-FFI-3) is the updated version of the NEO-FFI mdash a 60-item version of the NEO-PI-3 It provides a quick reliable and accurate measure of the five domains of personality and is particularly useful when time is limited and when global information on personality is needed The NEO-FFI was developed by Robert R McCrae Paul T Costa Jr(1989 1992 2010)

The Big Five personality traits are five broad domains or dimensions of personality that are used to describe human personality the five-factor model (FFM) The five factors are neuroticism extraversion openness agrreableness conscientiousness Acronyms commonly used to refer to the five traits collectively are OCEAN NEOAC or CANOE Beneath each global factor a cluster of correlated and more specific primary factors are found for example extraversion includes such related qualities as gregariousness assertiveness excitement seeking warmth activity and positive emotionsThe Big Five model is able to account for different traits in personality without overlapping Empirical research has shown that the Big Five personality traits show consistency in interviews self-descriptions and observations Moreover this five-factor structure seems to be found across a wide range of participants of different ages and of different cultures

Five domains of NEO-FFI

1 NeuroticismThe tendency to experience unpleasant emotions easily such as anger anxiety depression and vulnerability Neuroticism also refers to the degree of emotional stability and impulse control and is sometimes referred to by its low pole ldquoemotional stability A high need for stability manifest as stable and calm personality but can be seen as uninspiring and unconcerned A low need for stability causes a reactive and excitable personality often very dynamic individuals but they can be perceived as unstable or insecureFacets of Neuroticism- Anxiety Hostility Depression Self consciousness impulsiveness vulnerability to stress

2 Extraversion

Energy positive emotions surgency assertiveness sociability and the tendency to seek stimulation in the company of others and talkativeness High extraversion is often perceived as attention-seeking and domineering Low extraversion causes a reserved reflective personality which can be perceived as aloof or self-absorbedFacets- warmth gregariousness assertiveness activity excitement seeking positive emotion

3 Openness

Appreciation for art emotion adventure unusual ideas curiosity and variety of experience Openness reflects the degree of intellectual curiosity creativity and a preference for novelty and variety a person has It is also described as the extent to which a person is imaginative or independent and depicts a personal preference for a variety of activities over a strict routine Facet- fantasy aesthetics feelings actions ideas values

4 Agreeableness

A tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others It is also a measure of ones trusting and helpful nature and whether a person is generally well tempered or not High agreeableness is often seen as naive or submissive Low agreeableness personalities are often competitive or challenging people which can be seen as argumentative or untrustworthyFacet- trust straightforwardness altruism compliance modesty

5 Conscientiousness

A tendency to be organized and dependable show self-discipline act dutifully aim for achievement and prefer planned rather than spontaneous behaviour High conscientiousness often perceived as stubborn and obsessive Low conscientiousness are flexible and spontaneous but can be perceived as sloppy and unreliableFacet- competence order dutifulness achievement striving self discipline

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF NEO FFI-3

RELIABILITY

Table 1 Table shows Test Retest Reliability scores on 5 scales of NEO FFI 3for 107 college students and 462 Australian adults respectively

SAMPLE N E O A C

AdultTest-retest correlations(2001)n= 107

89 86 88 86 90

Test-retest correlations(2003)n= 462

80 86 87 80 85

SAMPLE N E O A C

Adult

Coefficient alpha 86 79 78 79 82

VALIDITYTable 2 Table shows Psychometric Characteristic of The NEO FFI 3 in Adult Sample For 180 adolescents and 532 adults

APPLICATIONSbullThe NEO-FFI-3 can help you understand your clientrsquos basic emotional interpersonal experiential attitudinal and motivational styles It can also help you quickly develop rapport with your client provide meaningful feedback and insight that will help your client develop greater self-understanding enable you to anticipate the course of therapy and help you select the optimal treatment or program based on your clientrsquos personalitybullIt is used in vocational guidancebullIt is used in occupational assessment for selection and development

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

Personality assessment is a questionnaire that is supposed to yield a description of personrsquos personality traitsrdquo a personality inventory is a direct test of personality as contrasted with a projective test

Personality assessment the measurement of personal characteristics Assessment is an end result of gathering information intended to advance psychological theory and research and to increase the probability that wise decisions will be made in applied settingsIt includes interview rating scale self reports projective techniques and behavioural assessment

PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT

1 INTERVIEW

Interviews are one of the oldest method of assessment Interviews are both verbal and non verbal components Interviewers can obtain information about a personrsquos thoughts feelings and other internal states as well as information about current and past relationship experiences and behaviour Structured interviews contain set of specific questions that are administered to every participant Another type clinical interview is focussed on assessing the status of a particular individual

2 RATING SCALE

Rating scales present users with an item and ask them to select from a number of choices The rating scale is similar in some respects to a multiple choice test but its options represent degrees of a particular characteristicRating scales are used by observers and also by individuals for self-reporting They permit convenient characterization of other people and their behaviour The rating scale is one approach to securing judgements Rating scales present an observer with scalar dimensions along which those who are observed are to be placed A teacher for example might be asked to rate students on the degree to which the behaviour of each reflects leadership capacity shyness or creativity Peers might rate each other along dimensions such as friendliness trustworthiness and social skills Several standardized printed rating scales are available for describing the behaviour of psychiatric hospital patients Relatively objective rating scales have also been devised for use with other groups

3 PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES

Projective techniques in which a person is shown ambiguous stimuli (such as shapes or pictures) and asked to interpret them in some way (such stimuli allow relative freedom in projecting onersquos own interest and feelings into them reacting in any way that seems appropriate) projective techniques are believed to be sensitive to unconscious dimensions of personality Defence mechanisms latent impulse and anxieties have all been inferred from data gathered in projective situations There are 2 test under this technique ndash1Rorschach inkblot testThe Rorschach Inkblot Test is a projective psychological test consisting of 10 inkblots printed on cards (five in black and white five in color) created in 19212 Thematic apperception test (TAT)The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective psychological test Proponents of this technique assert that a persons responses reveal underlying motives concerns and the way they see the social world through the stories they make up about ambiguous pictures of people

4 BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT

Objective observation of a subjectrsquos behaviour is a technique that falls in the category of behavioural assessment Objective information includes the person observable behaviour and usually dose not require the assessor to draw complex inferences about such topics as attitudes towards parents unconscious wishes and deep-seated conflicts Such objective information is measured by behavioural assessment Psychologists device an explicit coding system that contains the behavioural categories of interest It can provide valuable information about how frequently and under what conditions certain classes of behaviour occur Behaviour assessment requires precision in defining the behaviour of in trust and condition in which they occur

GENERAL APPLICATIONS

bull Personality Testing is used in recruitment Effective recruiters use personality assessment to enhance their decision- making about the potential of applicants

bull Personality tests are used for managing people and for understanding yourself

bull It is used to evaluate the effectiveness of therapy

bull Personality tests are used in Diagnosing psychological problems

bull It is also used for assessing theories

REFERENCES

1Costa Paul T McCrae Robert R (1985) The NEO personality inventory manual Odessa FL Psychological Assessment Resources

2Gregory RJ(2005) Psychological Testing History Principles and application New Delhi Pearson Education

3Passer MW and Smith RE(2007) psychology The Science Of Mind And Behavior

INTRODUCTION TO NEO FIVE-FACTOR INVENTORY-3 (NEO-FFI-3)

The NEO Five-Factor Inventory-3 (NEO-FFI-3) is the updated version of the NEO-FFI mdash a 60-item version of the NEO-PI-3 It provides a quick reliable and accurate measure of the five domains of personality and is particularly useful when time is limited and when global information on personality is needed The NEO-FFI was developed by Robert R McCrae Paul T Costa Jr(1989 1992 2010)

The Big Five personality traits are five broad domains or dimensions of personality that are used to describe human personality the five-factor model (FFM) The five factors are neuroticism extraversion openness agrreableness conscientiousness Acronyms commonly used to refer to the five traits collectively are OCEAN NEOAC or CANOE Beneath each global factor a cluster of correlated and more specific primary factors are found for example extraversion includes such related qualities as gregariousness assertiveness excitement seeking warmth activity and positive emotionsThe Big Five model is able to account for different traits in personality without overlapping Empirical research has shown that the Big Five personality traits show consistency in interviews self-descriptions and observations Moreover this five-factor structure seems to be found across a wide range of participants of different ages and of different cultures

Five domains of NEO-FFI

1 NeuroticismThe tendency to experience unpleasant emotions easily such as anger anxiety depression and vulnerability Neuroticism also refers to the degree of emotional stability and impulse control and is sometimes referred to by its low pole ldquoemotional stability A high need for stability manifest as stable and calm personality but can be seen as uninspiring and unconcerned A low need for stability causes a reactive and excitable personality often very dynamic individuals but they can be perceived as unstable or insecureFacets of Neuroticism- Anxiety Hostility Depression Self consciousness impulsiveness vulnerability to stress

2 Extraversion

Energy positive emotions surgency assertiveness sociability and the tendency to seek stimulation in the company of others and talkativeness High extraversion is often perceived as attention-seeking and domineering Low extraversion causes a reserved reflective personality which can be perceived as aloof or self-absorbedFacets- warmth gregariousness assertiveness activity excitement seeking positive emotion

3 Openness

Appreciation for art emotion adventure unusual ideas curiosity and variety of experience Openness reflects the degree of intellectual curiosity creativity and a preference for novelty and variety a person has It is also described as the extent to which a person is imaginative or independent and depicts a personal preference for a variety of activities over a strict routine Facet- fantasy aesthetics feelings actions ideas values

4 Agreeableness

A tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others It is also a measure of ones trusting and helpful nature and whether a person is generally well tempered or not High agreeableness is often seen as naive or submissive Low agreeableness personalities are often competitive or challenging people which can be seen as argumentative or untrustworthyFacet- trust straightforwardness altruism compliance modesty

5 Conscientiousness

A tendency to be organized and dependable show self-discipline act dutifully aim for achievement and prefer planned rather than spontaneous behaviour High conscientiousness often perceived as stubborn and obsessive Low conscientiousness are flexible and spontaneous but can be perceived as sloppy and unreliableFacet- competence order dutifulness achievement striving self discipline

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF NEO FFI-3

RELIABILITY

Table 1 Table shows Test Retest Reliability scores on 5 scales of NEO FFI 3for 107 college students and 462 Australian adults respectively

SAMPLE N E O A C

AdultTest-retest correlations(2001)n= 107

89 86 88 86 90

Test-retest correlations(2003)n= 462

80 86 87 80 85

SAMPLE N E O A C

Adult

Coefficient alpha 86 79 78 79 82

VALIDITYTable 2 Table shows Psychometric Characteristic of The NEO FFI 3 in Adult Sample For 180 adolescents and 532 adults

APPLICATIONSbullThe NEO-FFI-3 can help you understand your clientrsquos basic emotional interpersonal experiential attitudinal and motivational styles It can also help you quickly develop rapport with your client provide meaningful feedback and insight that will help your client develop greater self-understanding enable you to anticipate the course of therapy and help you select the optimal treatment or program based on your clientrsquos personalitybullIt is used in vocational guidancebullIt is used in occupational assessment for selection and development

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

1 INTERVIEW

Interviews are one of the oldest method of assessment Interviews are both verbal and non verbal components Interviewers can obtain information about a personrsquos thoughts feelings and other internal states as well as information about current and past relationship experiences and behaviour Structured interviews contain set of specific questions that are administered to every participant Another type clinical interview is focussed on assessing the status of a particular individual

2 RATING SCALE

Rating scales present users with an item and ask them to select from a number of choices The rating scale is similar in some respects to a multiple choice test but its options represent degrees of a particular characteristicRating scales are used by observers and also by individuals for self-reporting They permit convenient characterization of other people and their behaviour The rating scale is one approach to securing judgements Rating scales present an observer with scalar dimensions along which those who are observed are to be placed A teacher for example might be asked to rate students on the degree to which the behaviour of each reflects leadership capacity shyness or creativity Peers might rate each other along dimensions such as friendliness trustworthiness and social skills Several standardized printed rating scales are available for describing the behaviour of psychiatric hospital patients Relatively objective rating scales have also been devised for use with other groups

3 PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES

Projective techniques in which a person is shown ambiguous stimuli (such as shapes or pictures) and asked to interpret them in some way (such stimuli allow relative freedom in projecting onersquos own interest and feelings into them reacting in any way that seems appropriate) projective techniques are believed to be sensitive to unconscious dimensions of personality Defence mechanisms latent impulse and anxieties have all been inferred from data gathered in projective situations There are 2 test under this technique ndash1Rorschach inkblot testThe Rorschach Inkblot Test is a projective psychological test consisting of 10 inkblots printed on cards (five in black and white five in color) created in 19212 Thematic apperception test (TAT)The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective psychological test Proponents of this technique assert that a persons responses reveal underlying motives concerns and the way they see the social world through the stories they make up about ambiguous pictures of people

4 BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT

Objective observation of a subjectrsquos behaviour is a technique that falls in the category of behavioural assessment Objective information includes the person observable behaviour and usually dose not require the assessor to draw complex inferences about such topics as attitudes towards parents unconscious wishes and deep-seated conflicts Such objective information is measured by behavioural assessment Psychologists device an explicit coding system that contains the behavioural categories of interest It can provide valuable information about how frequently and under what conditions certain classes of behaviour occur Behaviour assessment requires precision in defining the behaviour of in trust and condition in which they occur

GENERAL APPLICATIONS

bull Personality Testing is used in recruitment Effective recruiters use personality assessment to enhance their decision- making about the potential of applicants

bull Personality tests are used for managing people and for understanding yourself

bull It is used to evaluate the effectiveness of therapy

bull Personality tests are used in Diagnosing psychological problems

bull It is also used for assessing theories

REFERENCES

1Costa Paul T McCrae Robert R (1985) The NEO personality inventory manual Odessa FL Psychological Assessment Resources

2Gregory RJ(2005) Psychological Testing History Principles and application New Delhi Pearson Education

3Passer MW and Smith RE(2007) psychology The Science Of Mind And Behavior

INTRODUCTION TO NEO FIVE-FACTOR INVENTORY-3 (NEO-FFI-3)

The NEO Five-Factor Inventory-3 (NEO-FFI-3) is the updated version of the NEO-FFI mdash a 60-item version of the NEO-PI-3 It provides a quick reliable and accurate measure of the five domains of personality and is particularly useful when time is limited and when global information on personality is needed The NEO-FFI was developed by Robert R McCrae Paul T Costa Jr(1989 1992 2010)

The Big Five personality traits are five broad domains or dimensions of personality that are used to describe human personality the five-factor model (FFM) The five factors are neuroticism extraversion openness agrreableness conscientiousness Acronyms commonly used to refer to the five traits collectively are OCEAN NEOAC or CANOE Beneath each global factor a cluster of correlated and more specific primary factors are found for example extraversion includes such related qualities as gregariousness assertiveness excitement seeking warmth activity and positive emotionsThe Big Five model is able to account for different traits in personality without overlapping Empirical research has shown that the Big Five personality traits show consistency in interviews self-descriptions and observations Moreover this five-factor structure seems to be found across a wide range of participants of different ages and of different cultures

Five domains of NEO-FFI

1 NeuroticismThe tendency to experience unpleasant emotions easily such as anger anxiety depression and vulnerability Neuroticism also refers to the degree of emotional stability and impulse control and is sometimes referred to by its low pole ldquoemotional stability A high need for stability manifest as stable and calm personality but can be seen as uninspiring and unconcerned A low need for stability causes a reactive and excitable personality often very dynamic individuals but they can be perceived as unstable or insecureFacets of Neuroticism- Anxiety Hostility Depression Self consciousness impulsiveness vulnerability to stress

2 Extraversion

Energy positive emotions surgency assertiveness sociability and the tendency to seek stimulation in the company of others and talkativeness High extraversion is often perceived as attention-seeking and domineering Low extraversion causes a reserved reflective personality which can be perceived as aloof or self-absorbedFacets- warmth gregariousness assertiveness activity excitement seeking positive emotion

3 Openness

Appreciation for art emotion adventure unusual ideas curiosity and variety of experience Openness reflects the degree of intellectual curiosity creativity and a preference for novelty and variety a person has It is also described as the extent to which a person is imaginative or independent and depicts a personal preference for a variety of activities over a strict routine Facet- fantasy aesthetics feelings actions ideas values

4 Agreeableness

A tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others It is also a measure of ones trusting and helpful nature and whether a person is generally well tempered or not High agreeableness is often seen as naive or submissive Low agreeableness personalities are often competitive or challenging people which can be seen as argumentative or untrustworthyFacet- trust straightforwardness altruism compliance modesty

5 Conscientiousness

A tendency to be organized and dependable show self-discipline act dutifully aim for achievement and prefer planned rather than spontaneous behaviour High conscientiousness often perceived as stubborn and obsessive Low conscientiousness are flexible and spontaneous but can be perceived as sloppy and unreliableFacet- competence order dutifulness achievement striving self discipline

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF NEO FFI-3

RELIABILITY

Table 1 Table shows Test Retest Reliability scores on 5 scales of NEO FFI 3for 107 college students and 462 Australian adults respectively

SAMPLE N E O A C

AdultTest-retest correlations(2001)n= 107

89 86 88 86 90

Test-retest correlations(2003)n= 462

80 86 87 80 85

SAMPLE N E O A C

Adult

Coefficient alpha 86 79 78 79 82

VALIDITYTable 2 Table shows Psychometric Characteristic of The NEO FFI 3 in Adult Sample For 180 adolescents and 532 adults

APPLICATIONSbullThe NEO-FFI-3 can help you understand your clientrsquos basic emotional interpersonal experiential attitudinal and motivational styles It can also help you quickly develop rapport with your client provide meaningful feedback and insight that will help your client develop greater self-understanding enable you to anticipate the course of therapy and help you select the optimal treatment or program based on your clientrsquos personalitybullIt is used in vocational guidancebullIt is used in occupational assessment for selection and development

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

2 RATING SCALE

Rating scales present users with an item and ask them to select from a number of choices The rating scale is similar in some respects to a multiple choice test but its options represent degrees of a particular characteristicRating scales are used by observers and also by individuals for self-reporting They permit convenient characterization of other people and their behaviour The rating scale is one approach to securing judgements Rating scales present an observer with scalar dimensions along which those who are observed are to be placed A teacher for example might be asked to rate students on the degree to which the behaviour of each reflects leadership capacity shyness or creativity Peers might rate each other along dimensions such as friendliness trustworthiness and social skills Several standardized printed rating scales are available for describing the behaviour of psychiatric hospital patients Relatively objective rating scales have also been devised for use with other groups

3 PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES

Projective techniques in which a person is shown ambiguous stimuli (such as shapes or pictures) and asked to interpret them in some way (such stimuli allow relative freedom in projecting onersquos own interest and feelings into them reacting in any way that seems appropriate) projective techniques are believed to be sensitive to unconscious dimensions of personality Defence mechanisms latent impulse and anxieties have all been inferred from data gathered in projective situations There are 2 test under this technique ndash1Rorschach inkblot testThe Rorschach Inkblot Test is a projective psychological test consisting of 10 inkblots printed on cards (five in black and white five in color) created in 19212 Thematic apperception test (TAT)The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective psychological test Proponents of this technique assert that a persons responses reveal underlying motives concerns and the way they see the social world through the stories they make up about ambiguous pictures of people

4 BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT

Objective observation of a subjectrsquos behaviour is a technique that falls in the category of behavioural assessment Objective information includes the person observable behaviour and usually dose not require the assessor to draw complex inferences about such topics as attitudes towards parents unconscious wishes and deep-seated conflicts Such objective information is measured by behavioural assessment Psychologists device an explicit coding system that contains the behavioural categories of interest It can provide valuable information about how frequently and under what conditions certain classes of behaviour occur Behaviour assessment requires precision in defining the behaviour of in trust and condition in which they occur

GENERAL APPLICATIONS

bull Personality Testing is used in recruitment Effective recruiters use personality assessment to enhance their decision- making about the potential of applicants

bull Personality tests are used for managing people and for understanding yourself

bull It is used to evaluate the effectiveness of therapy

bull Personality tests are used in Diagnosing psychological problems

bull It is also used for assessing theories

REFERENCES

1Costa Paul T McCrae Robert R (1985) The NEO personality inventory manual Odessa FL Psychological Assessment Resources

2Gregory RJ(2005) Psychological Testing History Principles and application New Delhi Pearson Education

3Passer MW and Smith RE(2007) psychology The Science Of Mind And Behavior

INTRODUCTION TO NEO FIVE-FACTOR INVENTORY-3 (NEO-FFI-3)

The NEO Five-Factor Inventory-3 (NEO-FFI-3) is the updated version of the NEO-FFI mdash a 60-item version of the NEO-PI-3 It provides a quick reliable and accurate measure of the five domains of personality and is particularly useful when time is limited and when global information on personality is needed The NEO-FFI was developed by Robert R McCrae Paul T Costa Jr(1989 1992 2010)

The Big Five personality traits are five broad domains or dimensions of personality that are used to describe human personality the five-factor model (FFM) The five factors are neuroticism extraversion openness agrreableness conscientiousness Acronyms commonly used to refer to the five traits collectively are OCEAN NEOAC or CANOE Beneath each global factor a cluster of correlated and more specific primary factors are found for example extraversion includes such related qualities as gregariousness assertiveness excitement seeking warmth activity and positive emotionsThe Big Five model is able to account for different traits in personality without overlapping Empirical research has shown that the Big Five personality traits show consistency in interviews self-descriptions and observations Moreover this five-factor structure seems to be found across a wide range of participants of different ages and of different cultures

Five domains of NEO-FFI

1 NeuroticismThe tendency to experience unpleasant emotions easily such as anger anxiety depression and vulnerability Neuroticism also refers to the degree of emotional stability and impulse control and is sometimes referred to by its low pole ldquoemotional stability A high need for stability manifest as stable and calm personality but can be seen as uninspiring and unconcerned A low need for stability causes a reactive and excitable personality often very dynamic individuals but they can be perceived as unstable or insecureFacets of Neuroticism- Anxiety Hostility Depression Self consciousness impulsiveness vulnerability to stress

2 Extraversion

Energy positive emotions surgency assertiveness sociability and the tendency to seek stimulation in the company of others and talkativeness High extraversion is often perceived as attention-seeking and domineering Low extraversion causes a reserved reflective personality which can be perceived as aloof or self-absorbedFacets- warmth gregariousness assertiveness activity excitement seeking positive emotion

3 Openness

Appreciation for art emotion adventure unusual ideas curiosity and variety of experience Openness reflects the degree of intellectual curiosity creativity and a preference for novelty and variety a person has It is also described as the extent to which a person is imaginative or independent and depicts a personal preference for a variety of activities over a strict routine Facet- fantasy aesthetics feelings actions ideas values

4 Agreeableness

A tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others It is also a measure of ones trusting and helpful nature and whether a person is generally well tempered or not High agreeableness is often seen as naive or submissive Low agreeableness personalities are often competitive or challenging people which can be seen as argumentative or untrustworthyFacet- trust straightforwardness altruism compliance modesty

5 Conscientiousness

A tendency to be organized and dependable show self-discipline act dutifully aim for achievement and prefer planned rather than spontaneous behaviour High conscientiousness often perceived as stubborn and obsessive Low conscientiousness are flexible and spontaneous but can be perceived as sloppy and unreliableFacet- competence order dutifulness achievement striving self discipline

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF NEO FFI-3

RELIABILITY

Table 1 Table shows Test Retest Reliability scores on 5 scales of NEO FFI 3for 107 college students and 462 Australian adults respectively

SAMPLE N E O A C

AdultTest-retest correlations(2001)n= 107

89 86 88 86 90

Test-retest correlations(2003)n= 462

80 86 87 80 85

SAMPLE N E O A C

Adult

Coefficient alpha 86 79 78 79 82

VALIDITYTable 2 Table shows Psychometric Characteristic of The NEO FFI 3 in Adult Sample For 180 adolescents and 532 adults

APPLICATIONSbullThe NEO-FFI-3 can help you understand your clientrsquos basic emotional interpersonal experiential attitudinal and motivational styles It can also help you quickly develop rapport with your client provide meaningful feedback and insight that will help your client develop greater self-understanding enable you to anticipate the course of therapy and help you select the optimal treatment or program based on your clientrsquos personalitybullIt is used in vocational guidancebullIt is used in occupational assessment for selection and development

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

3 PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES

Projective techniques in which a person is shown ambiguous stimuli (such as shapes or pictures) and asked to interpret them in some way (such stimuli allow relative freedom in projecting onersquos own interest and feelings into them reacting in any way that seems appropriate) projective techniques are believed to be sensitive to unconscious dimensions of personality Defence mechanisms latent impulse and anxieties have all been inferred from data gathered in projective situations There are 2 test under this technique ndash1Rorschach inkblot testThe Rorschach Inkblot Test is a projective psychological test consisting of 10 inkblots printed on cards (five in black and white five in color) created in 19212 Thematic apperception test (TAT)The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective psychological test Proponents of this technique assert that a persons responses reveal underlying motives concerns and the way they see the social world through the stories they make up about ambiguous pictures of people

4 BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT

Objective observation of a subjectrsquos behaviour is a technique that falls in the category of behavioural assessment Objective information includes the person observable behaviour and usually dose not require the assessor to draw complex inferences about such topics as attitudes towards parents unconscious wishes and deep-seated conflicts Such objective information is measured by behavioural assessment Psychologists device an explicit coding system that contains the behavioural categories of interest It can provide valuable information about how frequently and under what conditions certain classes of behaviour occur Behaviour assessment requires precision in defining the behaviour of in trust and condition in which they occur

GENERAL APPLICATIONS

bull Personality Testing is used in recruitment Effective recruiters use personality assessment to enhance their decision- making about the potential of applicants

bull Personality tests are used for managing people and for understanding yourself

bull It is used to evaluate the effectiveness of therapy

bull Personality tests are used in Diagnosing psychological problems

bull It is also used for assessing theories

REFERENCES

1Costa Paul T McCrae Robert R (1985) The NEO personality inventory manual Odessa FL Psychological Assessment Resources

2Gregory RJ(2005) Psychological Testing History Principles and application New Delhi Pearson Education

3Passer MW and Smith RE(2007) psychology The Science Of Mind And Behavior

INTRODUCTION TO NEO FIVE-FACTOR INVENTORY-3 (NEO-FFI-3)

The NEO Five-Factor Inventory-3 (NEO-FFI-3) is the updated version of the NEO-FFI mdash a 60-item version of the NEO-PI-3 It provides a quick reliable and accurate measure of the five domains of personality and is particularly useful when time is limited and when global information on personality is needed The NEO-FFI was developed by Robert R McCrae Paul T Costa Jr(1989 1992 2010)

The Big Five personality traits are five broad domains or dimensions of personality that are used to describe human personality the five-factor model (FFM) The five factors are neuroticism extraversion openness agrreableness conscientiousness Acronyms commonly used to refer to the five traits collectively are OCEAN NEOAC or CANOE Beneath each global factor a cluster of correlated and more specific primary factors are found for example extraversion includes such related qualities as gregariousness assertiveness excitement seeking warmth activity and positive emotionsThe Big Five model is able to account for different traits in personality without overlapping Empirical research has shown that the Big Five personality traits show consistency in interviews self-descriptions and observations Moreover this five-factor structure seems to be found across a wide range of participants of different ages and of different cultures

Five domains of NEO-FFI

1 NeuroticismThe tendency to experience unpleasant emotions easily such as anger anxiety depression and vulnerability Neuroticism also refers to the degree of emotional stability and impulse control and is sometimes referred to by its low pole ldquoemotional stability A high need for stability manifest as stable and calm personality but can be seen as uninspiring and unconcerned A low need for stability causes a reactive and excitable personality often very dynamic individuals but they can be perceived as unstable or insecureFacets of Neuroticism- Anxiety Hostility Depression Self consciousness impulsiveness vulnerability to stress

2 Extraversion

Energy positive emotions surgency assertiveness sociability and the tendency to seek stimulation in the company of others and talkativeness High extraversion is often perceived as attention-seeking and domineering Low extraversion causes a reserved reflective personality which can be perceived as aloof or self-absorbedFacets- warmth gregariousness assertiveness activity excitement seeking positive emotion

3 Openness

Appreciation for art emotion adventure unusual ideas curiosity and variety of experience Openness reflects the degree of intellectual curiosity creativity and a preference for novelty and variety a person has It is also described as the extent to which a person is imaginative or independent and depicts a personal preference for a variety of activities over a strict routine Facet- fantasy aesthetics feelings actions ideas values

4 Agreeableness

A tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others It is also a measure of ones trusting and helpful nature and whether a person is generally well tempered or not High agreeableness is often seen as naive or submissive Low agreeableness personalities are often competitive or challenging people which can be seen as argumentative or untrustworthyFacet- trust straightforwardness altruism compliance modesty

5 Conscientiousness

A tendency to be organized and dependable show self-discipline act dutifully aim for achievement and prefer planned rather than spontaneous behaviour High conscientiousness often perceived as stubborn and obsessive Low conscientiousness are flexible and spontaneous but can be perceived as sloppy and unreliableFacet- competence order dutifulness achievement striving self discipline

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF NEO FFI-3

RELIABILITY

Table 1 Table shows Test Retest Reliability scores on 5 scales of NEO FFI 3for 107 college students and 462 Australian adults respectively

SAMPLE N E O A C

AdultTest-retest correlations(2001)n= 107

89 86 88 86 90

Test-retest correlations(2003)n= 462

80 86 87 80 85

SAMPLE N E O A C

Adult

Coefficient alpha 86 79 78 79 82

VALIDITYTable 2 Table shows Psychometric Characteristic of The NEO FFI 3 in Adult Sample For 180 adolescents and 532 adults

APPLICATIONSbullThe NEO-FFI-3 can help you understand your clientrsquos basic emotional interpersonal experiential attitudinal and motivational styles It can also help you quickly develop rapport with your client provide meaningful feedback and insight that will help your client develop greater self-understanding enable you to anticipate the course of therapy and help you select the optimal treatment or program based on your clientrsquos personalitybullIt is used in vocational guidancebullIt is used in occupational assessment for selection and development

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

4 BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT

Objective observation of a subjectrsquos behaviour is a technique that falls in the category of behavioural assessment Objective information includes the person observable behaviour and usually dose not require the assessor to draw complex inferences about such topics as attitudes towards parents unconscious wishes and deep-seated conflicts Such objective information is measured by behavioural assessment Psychologists device an explicit coding system that contains the behavioural categories of interest It can provide valuable information about how frequently and under what conditions certain classes of behaviour occur Behaviour assessment requires precision in defining the behaviour of in trust and condition in which they occur

GENERAL APPLICATIONS

bull Personality Testing is used in recruitment Effective recruiters use personality assessment to enhance their decision- making about the potential of applicants

bull Personality tests are used for managing people and for understanding yourself

bull It is used to evaluate the effectiveness of therapy

bull Personality tests are used in Diagnosing psychological problems

bull It is also used for assessing theories

REFERENCES

1Costa Paul T McCrae Robert R (1985) The NEO personality inventory manual Odessa FL Psychological Assessment Resources

2Gregory RJ(2005) Psychological Testing History Principles and application New Delhi Pearson Education

3Passer MW and Smith RE(2007) psychology The Science Of Mind And Behavior

INTRODUCTION TO NEO FIVE-FACTOR INVENTORY-3 (NEO-FFI-3)

The NEO Five-Factor Inventory-3 (NEO-FFI-3) is the updated version of the NEO-FFI mdash a 60-item version of the NEO-PI-3 It provides a quick reliable and accurate measure of the five domains of personality and is particularly useful when time is limited and when global information on personality is needed The NEO-FFI was developed by Robert R McCrae Paul T Costa Jr(1989 1992 2010)

The Big Five personality traits are five broad domains or dimensions of personality that are used to describe human personality the five-factor model (FFM) The five factors are neuroticism extraversion openness agrreableness conscientiousness Acronyms commonly used to refer to the five traits collectively are OCEAN NEOAC or CANOE Beneath each global factor a cluster of correlated and more specific primary factors are found for example extraversion includes such related qualities as gregariousness assertiveness excitement seeking warmth activity and positive emotionsThe Big Five model is able to account for different traits in personality without overlapping Empirical research has shown that the Big Five personality traits show consistency in interviews self-descriptions and observations Moreover this five-factor structure seems to be found across a wide range of participants of different ages and of different cultures

Five domains of NEO-FFI

1 NeuroticismThe tendency to experience unpleasant emotions easily such as anger anxiety depression and vulnerability Neuroticism also refers to the degree of emotional stability and impulse control and is sometimes referred to by its low pole ldquoemotional stability A high need for stability manifest as stable and calm personality but can be seen as uninspiring and unconcerned A low need for stability causes a reactive and excitable personality often very dynamic individuals but they can be perceived as unstable or insecureFacets of Neuroticism- Anxiety Hostility Depression Self consciousness impulsiveness vulnerability to stress

2 Extraversion

Energy positive emotions surgency assertiveness sociability and the tendency to seek stimulation in the company of others and talkativeness High extraversion is often perceived as attention-seeking and domineering Low extraversion causes a reserved reflective personality which can be perceived as aloof or self-absorbedFacets- warmth gregariousness assertiveness activity excitement seeking positive emotion

3 Openness

Appreciation for art emotion adventure unusual ideas curiosity and variety of experience Openness reflects the degree of intellectual curiosity creativity and a preference for novelty and variety a person has It is also described as the extent to which a person is imaginative or independent and depicts a personal preference for a variety of activities over a strict routine Facet- fantasy aesthetics feelings actions ideas values

4 Agreeableness

A tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others It is also a measure of ones trusting and helpful nature and whether a person is generally well tempered or not High agreeableness is often seen as naive or submissive Low agreeableness personalities are often competitive or challenging people which can be seen as argumentative or untrustworthyFacet- trust straightforwardness altruism compliance modesty

5 Conscientiousness

A tendency to be organized and dependable show self-discipline act dutifully aim for achievement and prefer planned rather than spontaneous behaviour High conscientiousness often perceived as stubborn and obsessive Low conscientiousness are flexible and spontaneous but can be perceived as sloppy and unreliableFacet- competence order dutifulness achievement striving self discipline

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF NEO FFI-3

RELIABILITY

Table 1 Table shows Test Retest Reliability scores on 5 scales of NEO FFI 3for 107 college students and 462 Australian adults respectively

SAMPLE N E O A C

AdultTest-retest correlations(2001)n= 107

89 86 88 86 90

Test-retest correlations(2003)n= 462

80 86 87 80 85

SAMPLE N E O A C

Adult

Coefficient alpha 86 79 78 79 82

VALIDITYTable 2 Table shows Psychometric Characteristic of The NEO FFI 3 in Adult Sample For 180 adolescents and 532 adults

APPLICATIONSbullThe NEO-FFI-3 can help you understand your clientrsquos basic emotional interpersonal experiential attitudinal and motivational styles It can also help you quickly develop rapport with your client provide meaningful feedback and insight that will help your client develop greater self-understanding enable you to anticipate the course of therapy and help you select the optimal treatment or program based on your clientrsquos personalitybullIt is used in vocational guidancebullIt is used in occupational assessment for selection and development

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

GENERAL APPLICATIONS

bull Personality Testing is used in recruitment Effective recruiters use personality assessment to enhance their decision- making about the potential of applicants

bull Personality tests are used for managing people and for understanding yourself

bull It is used to evaluate the effectiveness of therapy

bull Personality tests are used in Diagnosing psychological problems

bull It is also used for assessing theories

REFERENCES

1Costa Paul T McCrae Robert R (1985) The NEO personality inventory manual Odessa FL Psychological Assessment Resources

2Gregory RJ(2005) Psychological Testing History Principles and application New Delhi Pearson Education

3Passer MW and Smith RE(2007) psychology The Science Of Mind And Behavior

INTRODUCTION TO NEO FIVE-FACTOR INVENTORY-3 (NEO-FFI-3)

The NEO Five-Factor Inventory-3 (NEO-FFI-3) is the updated version of the NEO-FFI mdash a 60-item version of the NEO-PI-3 It provides a quick reliable and accurate measure of the five domains of personality and is particularly useful when time is limited and when global information on personality is needed The NEO-FFI was developed by Robert R McCrae Paul T Costa Jr(1989 1992 2010)

The Big Five personality traits are five broad domains or dimensions of personality that are used to describe human personality the five-factor model (FFM) The five factors are neuroticism extraversion openness agrreableness conscientiousness Acronyms commonly used to refer to the five traits collectively are OCEAN NEOAC or CANOE Beneath each global factor a cluster of correlated and more specific primary factors are found for example extraversion includes such related qualities as gregariousness assertiveness excitement seeking warmth activity and positive emotionsThe Big Five model is able to account for different traits in personality without overlapping Empirical research has shown that the Big Five personality traits show consistency in interviews self-descriptions and observations Moreover this five-factor structure seems to be found across a wide range of participants of different ages and of different cultures

Five domains of NEO-FFI

1 NeuroticismThe tendency to experience unpleasant emotions easily such as anger anxiety depression and vulnerability Neuroticism also refers to the degree of emotional stability and impulse control and is sometimes referred to by its low pole ldquoemotional stability A high need for stability manifest as stable and calm personality but can be seen as uninspiring and unconcerned A low need for stability causes a reactive and excitable personality often very dynamic individuals but they can be perceived as unstable or insecureFacets of Neuroticism- Anxiety Hostility Depression Self consciousness impulsiveness vulnerability to stress

2 Extraversion

Energy positive emotions surgency assertiveness sociability and the tendency to seek stimulation in the company of others and talkativeness High extraversion is often perceived as attention-seeking and domineering Low extraversion causes a reserved reflective personality which can be perceived as aloof or self-absorbedFacets- warmth gregariousness assertiveness activity excitement seeking positive emotion

3 Openness

Appreciation for art emotion adventure unusual ideas curiosity and variety of experience Openness reflects the degree of intellectual curiosity creativity and a preference for novelty and variety a person has It is also described as the extent to which a person is imaginative or independent and depicts a personal preference for a variety of activities over a strict routine Facet- fantasy aesthetics feelings actions ideas values

4 Agreeableness

A tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others It is also a measure of ones trusting and helpful nature and whether a person is generally well tempered or not High agreeableness is often seen as naive or submissive Low agreeableness personalities are often competitive or challenging people which can be seen as argumentative or untrustworthyFacet- trust straightforwardness altruism compliance modesty

5 Conscientiousness

A tendency to be organized and dependable show self-discipline act dutifully aim for achievement and prefer planned rather than spontaneous behaviour High conscientiousness often perceived as stubborn and obsessive Low conscientiousness are flexible and spontaneous but can be perceived as sloppy and unreliableFacet- competence order dutifulness achievement striving self discipline

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF NEO FFI-3

RELIABILITY

Table 1 Table shows Test Retest Reliability scores on 5 scales of NEO FFI 3for 107 college students and 462 Australian adults respectively

SAMPLE N E O A C

AdultTest-retest correlations(2001)n= 107

89 86 88 86 90

Test-retest correlations(2003)n= 462

80 86 87 80 85

SAMPLE N E O A C

Adult

Coefficient alpha 86 79 78 79 82

VALIDITYTable 2 Table shows Psychometric Characteristic of The NEO FFI 3 in Adult Sample For 180 adolescents and 532 adults

APPLICATIONSbullThe NEO-FFI-3 can help you understand your clientrsquos basic emotional interpersonal experiential attitudinal and motivational styles It can also help you quickly develop rapport with your client provide meaningful feedback and insight that will help your client develop greater self-understanding enable you to anticipate the course of therapy and help you select the optimal treatment or program based on your clientrsquos personalitybullIt is used in vocational guidancebullIt is used in occupational assessment for selection and development

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

REFERENCES

1Costa Paul T McCrae Robert R (1985) The NEO personality inventory manual Odessa FL Psychological Assessment Resources

2Gregory RJ(2005) Psychological Testing History Principles and application New Delhi Pearson Education

3Passer MW and Smith RE(2007) psychology The Science Of Mind And Behavior

INTRODUCTION TO NEO FIVE-FACTOR INVENTORY-3 (NEO-FFI-3)

The NEO Five-Factor Inventory-3 (NEO-FFI-3) is the updated version of the NEO-FFI mdash a 60-item version of the NEO-PI-3 It provides a quick reliable and accurate measure of the five domains of personality and is particularly useful when time is limited and when global information on personality is needed The NEO-FFI was developed by Robert R McCrae Paul T Costa Jr(1989 1992 2010)

The Big Five personality traits are five broad domains or dimensions of personality that are used to describe human personality the five-factor model (FFM) The five factors are neuroticism extraversion openness agrreableness conscientiousness Acronyms commonly used to refer to the five traits collectively are OCEAN NEOAC or CANOE Beneath each global factor a cluster of correlated and more specific primary factors are found for example extraversion includes such related qualities as gregariousness assertiveness excitement seeking warmth activity and positive emotionsThe Big Five model is able to account for different traits in personality without overlapping Empirical research has shown that the Big Five personality traits show consistency in interviews self-descriptions and observations Moreover this five-factor structure seems to be found across a wide range of participants of different ages and of different cultures

Five domains of NEO-FFI

1 NeuroticismThe tendency to experience unpleasant emotions easily such as anger anxiety depression and vulnerability Neuroticism also refers to the degree of emotional stability and impulse control and is sometimes referred to by its low pole ldquoemotional stability A high need for stability manifest as stable and calm personality but can be seen as uninspiring and unconcerned A low need for stability causes a reactive and excitable personality often very dynamic individuals but they can be perceived as unstable or insecureFacets of Neuroticism- Anxiety Hostility Depression Self consciousness impulsiveness vulnerability to stress

2 Extraversion

Energy positive emotions surgency assertiveness sociability and the tendency to seek stimulation in the company of others and talkativeness High extraversion is often perceived as attention-seeking and domineering Low extraversion causes a reserved reflective personality which can be perceived as aloof or self-absorbedFacets- warmth gregariousness assertiveness activity excitement seeking positive emotion

3 Openness

Appreciation for art emotion adventure unusual ideas curiosity and variety of experience Openness reflects the degree of intellectual curiosity creativity and a preference for novelty and variety a person has It is also described as the extent to which a person is imaginative or independent and depicts a personal preference for a variety of activities over a strict routine Facet- fantasy aesthetics feelings actions ideas values

4 Agreeableness

A tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others It is also a measure of ones trusting and helpful nature and whether a person is generally well tempered or not High agreeableness is often seen as naive or submissive Low agreeableness personalities are often competitive or challenging people which can be seen as argumentative or untrustworthyFacet- trust straightforwardness altruism compliance modesty

5 Conscientiousness

A tendency to be organized and dependable show self-discipline act dutifully aim for achievement and prefer planned rather than spontaneous behaviour High conscientiousness often perceived as stubborn and obsessive Low conscientiousness are flexible and spontaneous but can be perceived as sloppy and unreliableFacet- competence order dutifulness achievement striving self discipline

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF NEO FFI-3

RELIABILITY

Table 1 Table shows Test Retest Reliability scores on 5 scales of NEO FFI 3for 107 college students and 462 Australian adults respectively

SAMPLE N E O A C

AdultTest-retest correlations(2001)n= 107

89 86 88 86 90

Test-retest correlations(2003)n= 462

80 86 87 80 85

SAMPLE N E O A C

Adult

Coefficient alpha 86 79 78 79 82

VALIDITYTable 2 Table shows Psychometric Characteristic of The NEO FFI 3 in Adult Sample For 180 adolescents and 532 adults

APPLICATIONSbullThe NEO-FFI-3 can help you understand your clientrsquos basic emotional interpersonal experiential attitudinal and motivational styles It can also help you quickly develop rapport with your client provide meaningful feedback and insight that will help your client develop greater self-understanding enable you to anticipate the course of therapy and help you select the optimal treatment or program based on your clientrsquos personalitybullIt is used in vocational guidancebullIt is used in occupational assessment for selection and development

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

INTRODUCTION TO NEO FIVE-FACTOR INVENTORY-3 (NEO-FFI-3)

The NEO Five-Factor Inventory-3 (NEO-FFI-3) is the updated version of the NEO-FFI mdash a 60-item version of the NEO-PI-3 It provides a quick reliable and accurate measure of the five domains of personality and is particularly useful when time is limited and when global information on personality is needed The NEO-FFI was developed by Robert R McCrae Paul T Costa Jr(1989 1992 2010)

The Big Five personality traits are five broad domains or dimensions of personality that are used to describe human personality the five-factor model (FFM) The five factors are neuroticism extraversion openness agrreableness conscientiousness Acronyms commonly used to refer to the five traits collectively are OCEAN NEOAC or CANOE Beneath each global factor a cluster of correlated and more specific primary factors are found for example extraversion includes such related qualities as gregariousness assertiveness excitement seeking warmth activity and positive emotionsThe Big Five model is able to account for different traits in personality without overlapping Empirical research has shown that the Big Five personality traits show consistency in interviews self-descriptions and observations Moreover this five-factor structure seems to be found across a wide range of participants of different ages and of different cultures

Five domains of NEO-FFI

1 NeuroticismThe tendency to experience unpleasant emotions easily such as anger anxiety depression and vulnerability Neuroticism also refers to the degree of emotional stability and impulse control and is sometimes referred to by its low pole ldquoemotional stability A high need for stability manifest as stable and calm personality but can be seen as uninspiring and unconcerned A low need for stability causes a reactive and excitable personality often very dynamic individuals but they can be perceived as unstable or insecureFacets of Neuroticism- Anxiety Hostility Depression Self consciousness impulsiveness vulnerability to stress

2 Extraversion

Energy positive emotions surgency assertiveness sociability and the tendency to seek stimulation in the company of others and talkativeness High extraversion is often perceived as attention-seeking and domineering Low extraversion causes a reserved reflective personality which can be perceived as aloof or self-absorbedFacets- warmth gregariousness assertiveness activity excitement seeking positive emotion

3 Openness

Appreciation for art emotion adventure unusual ideas curiosity and variety of experience Openness reflects the degree of intellectual curiosity creativity and a preference for novelty and variety a person has It is also described as the extent to which a person is imaginative or independent and depicts a personal preference for a variety of activities over a strict routine Facet- fantasy aesthetics feelings actions ideas values

4 Agreeableness

A tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others It is also a measure of ones trusting and helpful nature and whether a person is generally well tempered or not High agreeableness is often seen as naive or submissive Low agreeableness personalities are often competitive or challenging people which can be seen as argumentative or untrustworthyFacet- trust straightforwardness altruism compliance modesty

5 Conscientiousness

A tendency to be organized and dependable show self-discipline act dutifully aim for achievement and prefer planned rather than spontaneous behaviour High conscientiousness often perceived as stubborn and obsessive Low conscientiousness are flexible and spontaneous but can be perceived as sloppy and unreliableFacet- competence order dutifulness achievement striving self discipline

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF NEO FFI-3

RELIABILITY

Table 1 Table shows Test Retest Reliability scores on 5 scales of NEO FFI 3for 107 college students and 462 Australian adults respectively

SAMPLE N E O A C

AdultTest-retest correlations(2001)n= 107

89 86 88 86 90

Test-retest correlations(2003)n= 462

80 86 87 80 85

SAMPLE N E O A C

Adult

Coefficient alpha 86 79 78 79 82

VALIDITYTable 2 Table shows Psychometric Characteristic of The NEO FFI 3 in Adult Sample For 180 adolescents and 532 adults

APPLICATIONSbullThe NEO-FFI-3 can help you understand your clientrsquos basic emotional interpersonal experiential attitudinal and motivational styles It can also help you quickly develop rapport with your client provide meaningful feedback and insight that will help your client develop greater self-understanding enable you to anticipate the course of therapy and help you select the optimal treatment or program based on your clientrsquos personalitybullIt is used in vocational guidancebullIt is used in occupational assessment for selection and development

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

Five domains of NEO-FFI

1 NeuroticismThe tendency to experience unpleasant emotions easily such as anger anxiety depression and vulnerability Neuroticism also refers to the degree of emotional stability and impulse control and is sometimes referred to by its low pole ldquoemotional stability A high need for stability manifest as stable and calm personality but can be seen as uninspiring and unconcerned A low need for stability causes a reactive and excitable personality often very dynamic individuals but they can be perceived as unstable or insecureFacets of Neuroticism- Anxiety Hostility Depression Self consciousness impulsiveness vulnerability to stress

2 Extraversion

Energy positive emotions surgency assertiveness sociability and the tendency to seek stimulation in the company of others and talkativeness High extraversion is often perceived as attention-seeking and domineering Low extraversion causes a reserved reflective personality which can be perceived as aloof or self-absorbedFacets- warmth gregariousness assertiveness activity excitement seeking positive emotion

3 Openness

Appreciation for art emotion adventure unusual ideas curiosity and variety of experience Openness reflects the degree of intellectual curiosity creativity and a preference for novelty and variety a person has It is also described as the extent to which a person is imaginative or independent and depicts a personal preference for a variety of activities over a strict routine Facet- fantasy aesthetics feelings actions ideas values

4 Agreeableness

A tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others It is also a measure of ones trusting and helpful nature and whether a person is generally well tempered or not High agreeableness is often seen as naive or submissive Low agreeableness personalities are often competitive or challenging people which can be seen as argumentative or untrustworthyFacet- trust straightforwardness altruism compliance modesty

5 Conscientiousness

A tendency to be organized and dependable show self-discipline act dutifully aim for achievement and prefer planned rather than spontaneous behaviour High conscientiousness often perceived as stubborn and obsessive Low conscientiousness are flexible and spontaneous but can be perceived as sloppy and unreliableFacet- competence order dutifulness achievement striving self discipline

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF NEO FFI-3

RELIABILITY

Table 1 Table shows Test Retest Reliability scores on 5 scales of NEO FFI 3for 107 college students and 462 Australian adults respectively

SAMPLE N E O A C

AdultTest-retest correlations(2001)n= 107

89 86 88 86 90

Test-retest correlations(2003)n= 462

80 86 87 80 85

SAMPLE N E O A C

Adult

Coefficient alpha 86 79 78 79 82

VALIDITYTable 2 Table shows Psychometric Characteristic of The NEO FFI 3 in Adult Sample For 180 adolescents and 532 adults

APPLICATIONSbullThe NEO-FFI-3 can help you understand your clientrsquos basic emotional interpersonal experiential attitudinal and motivational styles It can also help you quickly develop rapport with your client provide meaningful feedback and insight that will help your client develop greater self-understanding enable you to anticipate the course of therapy and help you select the optimal treatment or program based on your clientrsquos personalitybullIt is used in vocational guidancebullIt is used in occupational assessment for selection and development

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

2 Extraversion

Energy positive emotions surgency assertiveness sociability and the tendency to seek stimulation in the company of others and talkativeness High extraversion is often perceived as attention-seeking and domineering Low extraversion causes a reserved reflective personality which can be perceived as aloof or self-absorbedFacets- warmth gregariousness assertiveness activity excitement seeking positive emotion

3 Openness

Appreciation for art emotion adventure unusual ideas curiosity and variety of experience Openness reflects the degree of intellectual curiosity creativity and a preference for novelty and variety a person has It is also described as the extent to which a person is imaginative or independent and depicts a personal preference for a variety of activities over a strict routine Facet- fantasy aesthetics feelings actions ideas values

4 Agreeableness

A tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others It is also a measure of ones trusting and helpful nature and whether a person is generally well tempered or not High agreeableness is often seen as naive or submissive Low agreeableness personalities are often competitive or challenging people which can be seen as argumentative or untrustworthyFacet- trust straightforwardness altruism compliance modesty

5 Conscientiousness

A tendency to be organized and dependable show self-discipline act dutifully aim for achievement and prefer planned rather than spontaneous behaviour High conscientiousness often perceived as stubborn and obsessive Low conscientiousness are flexible and spontaneous but can be perceived as sloppy and unreliableFacet- competence order dutifulness achievement striving self discipline

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF NEO FFI-3

RELIABILITY

Table 1 Table shows Test Retest Reliability scores on 5 scales of NEO FFI 3for 107 college students and 462 Australian adults respectively

SAMPLE N E O A C

AdultTest-retest correlations(2001)n= 107

89 86 88 86 90

Test-retest correlations(2003)n= 462

80 86 87 80 85

SAMPLE N E O A C

Adult

Coefficient alpha 86 79 78 79 82

VALIDITYTable 2 Table shows Psychometric Characteristic of The NEO FFI 3 in Adult Sample For 180 adolescents and 532 adults

APPLICATIONSbullThe NEO-FFI-3 can help you understand your clientrsquos basic emotional interpersonal experiential attitudinal and motivational styles It can also help you quickly develop rapport with your client provide meaningful feedback and insight that will help your client develop greater self-understanding enable you to anticipate the course of therapy and help you select the optimal treatment or program based on your clientrsquos personalitybullIt is used in vocational guidancebullIt is used in occupational assessment for selection and development

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

3 Openness

Appreciation for art emotion adventure unusual ideas curiosity and variety of experience Openness reflects the degree of intellectual curiosity creativity and a preference for novelty and variety a person has It is also described as the extent to which a person is imaginative or independent and depicts a personal preference for a variety of activities over a strict routine Facet- fantasy aesthetics feelings actions ideas values

4 Agreeableness

A tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others It is also a measure of ones trusting and helpful nature and whether a person is generally well tempered or not High agreeableness is often seen as naive or submissive Low agreeableness personalities are often competitive or challenging people which can be seen as argumentative or untrustworthyFacet- trust straightforwardness altruism compliance modesty

5 Conscientiousness

A tendency to be organized and dependable show self-discipline act dutifully aim for achievement and prefer planned rather than spontaneous behaviour High conscientiousness often perceived as stubborn and obsessive Low conscientiousness are flexible and spontaneous but can be perceived as sloppy and unreliableFacet- competence order dutifulness achievement striving self discipline

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF NEO FFI-3

RELIABILITY

Table 1 Table shows Test Retest Reliability scores on 5 scales of NEO FFI 3for 107 college students and 462 Australian adults respectively

SAMPLE N E O A C

AdultTest-retest correlations(2001)n= 107

89 86 88 86 90

Test-retest correlations(2003)n= 462

80 86 87 80 85

SAMPLE N E O A C

Adult

Coefficient alpha 86 79 78 79 82

VALIDITYTable 2 Table shows Psychometric Characteristic of The NEO FFI 3 in Adult Sample For 180 adolescents and 532 adults

APPLICATIONSbullThe NEO-FFI-3 can help you understand your clientrsquos basic emotional interpersonal experiential attitudinal and motivational styles It can also help you quickly develop rapport with your client provide meaningful feedback and insight that will help your client develop greater self-understanding enable you to anticipate the course of therapy and help you select the optimal treatment or program based on your clientrsquos personalitybullIt is used in vocational guidancebullIt is used in occupational assessment for selection and development

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

4 Agreeableness

A tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others It is also a measure of ones trusting and helpful nature and whether a person is generally well tempered or not High agreeableness is often seen as naive or submissive Low agreeableness personalities are often competitive or challenging people which can be seen as argumentative or untrustworthyFacet- trust straightforwardness altruism compliance modesty

5 Conscientiousness

A tendency to be organized and dependable show self-discipline act dutifully aim for achievement and prefer planned rather than spontaneous behaviour High conscientiousness often perceived as stubborn and obsessive Low conscientiousness are flexible and spontaneous but can be perceived as sloppy and unreliableFacet- competence order dutifulness achievement striving self discipline

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF NEO FFI-3

RELIABILITY

Table 1 Table shows Test Retest Reliability scores on 5 scales of NEO FFI 3for 107 college students and 462 Australian adults respectively

SAMPLE N E O A C

AdultTest-retest correlations(2001)n= 107

89 86 88 86 90

Test-retest correlations(2003)n= 462

80 86 87 80 85

SAMPLE N E O A C

Adult

Coefficient alpha 86 79 78 79 82

VALIDITYTable 2 Table shows Psychometric Characteristic of The NEO FFI 3 in Adult Sample For 180 adolescents and 532 adults

APPLICATIONSbullThe NEO-FFI-3 can help you understand your clientrsquos basic emotional interpersonal experiential attitudinal and motivational styles It can also help you quickly develop rapport with your client provide meaningful feedback and insight that will help your client develop greater self-understanding enable you to anticipate the course of therapy and help you select the optimal treatment or program based on your clientrsquos personalitybullIt is used in vocational guidancebullIt is used in occupational assessment for selection and development

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

5 Conscientiousness

A tendency to be organized and dependable show self-discipline act dutifully aim for achievement and prefer planned rather than spontaneous behaviour High conscientiousness often perceived as stubborn and obsessive Low conscientiousness are flexible and spontaneous but can be perceived as sloppy and unreliableFacet- competence order dutifulness achievement striving self discipline

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF NEO FFI-3

RELIABILITY

Table 1 Table shows Test Retest Reliability scores on 5 scales of NEO FFI 3for 107 college students and 462 Australian adults respectively

SAMPLE N E O A C

AdultTest-retest correlations(2001)n= 107

89 86 88 86 90

Test-retest correlations(2003)n= 462

80 86 87 80 85

SAMPLE N E O A C

Adult

Coefficient alpha 86 79 78 79 82

VALIDITYTable 2 Table shows Psychometric Characteristic of The NEO FFI 3 in Adult Sample For 180 adolescents and 532 adults

APPLICATIONSbullThe NEO-FFI-3 can help you understand your clientrsquos basic emotional interpersonal experiential attitudinal and motivational styles It can also help you quickly develop rapport with your client provide meaningful feedback and insight that will help your client develop greater self-understanding enable you to anticipate the course of therapy and help you select the optimal treatment or program based on your clientrsquos personalitybullIt is used in vocational guidancebullIt is used in occupational assessment for selection and development

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF NEO FFI-3

RELIABILITY

Table 1 Table shows Test Retest Reliability scores on 5 scales of NEO FFI 3for 107 college students and 462 Australian adults respectively

SAMPLE N E O A C

AdultTest-retest correlations(2001)n= 107

89 86 88 86 90

Test-retest correlations(2003)n= 462

80 86 87 80 85

SAMPLE N E O A C

Adult

Coefficient alpha 86 79 78 79 82

VALIDITYTable 2 Table shows Psychometric Characteristic of The NEO FFI 3 in Adult Sample For 180 adolescents and 532 adults

APPLICATIONSbullThe NEO-FFI-3 can help you understand your clientrsquos basic emotional interpersonal experiential attitudinal and motivational styles It can also help you quickly develop rapport with your client provide meaningful feedback and insight that will help your client develop greater self-understanding enable you to anticipate the course of therapy and help you select the optimal treatment or program based on your clientrsquos personalitybullIt is used in vocational guidancebullIt is used in occupational assessment for selection and development

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

SAMPLE N E O A C

Adult

Coefficient alpha 86 79 78 79 82

VALIDITYTable 2 Table shows Psychometric Characteristic of The NEO FFI 3 in Adult Sample For 180 adolescents and 532 adults

APPLICATIONSbullThe NEO-FFI-3 can help you understand your clientrsquos basic emotional interpersonal experiential attitudinal and motivational styles It can also help you quickly develop rapport with your client provide meaningful feedback and insight that will help your client develop greater self-understanding enable you to anticipate the course of therapy and help you select the optimal treatment or program based on your clientrsquos personalitybullIt is used in vocational guidancebullIt is used in occupational assessment for selection and development

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

APPLICATIONSbullThe NEO-FFI-3 can help you understand your clientrsquos basic emotional interpersonal experiential attitudinal and motivational styles It can also help you quickly develop rapport with your client provide meaningful feedback and insight that will help your client develop greater self-understanding enable you to anticipate the course of therapy and help you select the optimal treatment or program based on your clientrsquos personalitybullIt is used in vocational guidancebullIt is used in occupational assessment for selection and development

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1The use of the NEO-five factor inventory to assess personality in trauma patients a two-year prospective study (2002) To assess the usefulness and validity of a brief personality assessment for orthopedic trauma patients The NEO-Five Factor Inventory was evaluated within the context of the Lower Extremity Assessment Project a prospective study of patients with severe lower extremity trauma admitted to eight level I trauma centers The NEO-FFI was administered to 557 adults and 416 of their significant others At 2 years post injury the NEO-FFI was re-administered to 396 patientsMain outcome measures were as follows (a) agreement between patient and significant other scores(b) stability of personality traits over two years and (c) the relationship of the measured NEO-FFI traits with patient characteristics and health habits There was fair to moderate agreement between assessments of personality provided by the patients themselves and their significant others with intra class correlation coefficients ranging from 044 to 054 for the different domains of personality Patient assessments on the NEO-FFI were found to be robust with no significant changes in four of the five personality domains at 2 years post injury The NEO-FFI is a brief valid and stable measure of underlying personality traits that is practical for use in a trauma setting

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

2 Relationship of personality to performance motivationJudge Timothy A Ilies Remus

This article provides a meta-analysis of the relationship between the 5-factor model of personality and 3 central theories of performance motivation (goal-setting expectancy and self-efficacy motivation) The quantitative review includes 150 correlations from 65 studies Traits were organized according to the 5-factor model of personality Results indicated that Neuroticism (average validity= -31) and Conscientiousness (average validity=24) were the strongest and most consistent correlates of performance motivation across the 3 theoretical perspectives Results further indicated that the validity of 3 of the Big Five traits--Neuroticism Extraversion and Conscientiousness--generalized across studies As a set the Big 5 traits had an average multiple correlation of 49 with the motivational criteria suggesting that the Big 5 traits are an important source of performance motivation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA all rights reserved)

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

bull Neo fii 3 makes no provisions to identify careless or distorted responding which is of obvious concern in personality assessment

bull There is still critical views about the selection of particular constructs as being representative of the five factor domains In other words there is ambuiguity as to the Big Five structure and the proposed manifest variables of each that have been included in the instrument

bull There is concern over its use with culturally dissimilar groups For example in a recent study findings of NEO FII-3 the findings were supported in American sample but not in Italian sample

LIMITATIONS

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

EXPERIMENT NUMBER 6TESTER TESTEE DATE TIME PLACE IIPR Bangalore

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

METHODOLOGY

Aim To assess the personality of the subject with the help of the NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI3)

Plan To administer NEO ndash Five Factor Inventory 3 (NEO-FFI3) to the subject score the responses with the help of the key and interpret the scores using the norms

Materials Required

NEO FFI QUESTAINNAIRE AND RESPONSE SHEETNEO FFI SCORING SHEETNEO FFI MANUAL NORMSWRITING MATERIALS

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

ADMINISTRATION The NEO FFI3 may be administered individually or in groups The testing environment should be comfortable and free of distraction and provide adequate lighting A pencil a flat surface such as a desk or clipboard on which the respondent can write and also needed for administration if the responded uses eyeglasses the examiner should be sure that they are been used during testing The tester should engage the respondent in the task of completing the test to reduce the possibility of response sets or random responding to the items

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

INSTRUCTIONSWrite only where indicated in this item booklet This questionnaire contains 60 statements Read each statement carefully For each statement fill in the circle with the response that best represents your opinion Make sure that your answer is in correct box There is no time limit

Fill in SD if you strongly disagreeFill in D if you disagreeFill in N if you are neutral on the statement If you cannot decideFill in A if you agree Fill in SA if you strongly agree

Fill in only one response for each statement Respond to all of the statements DO NOT ERASE If you need to change an answer make an ldquoXrdquo through the incorrect response and then fill in correct response

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

PRECAUTIONS 1 The test administered should be in optimal conditions without noise and disturbance

2 The testeersquos who give up or show down should be encouraged

3 It was made sure that all the arrangements were done correctly before the testees entered the lab

4 No specific help was given in accordance with marking the answer general help required was provided

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

SCORING

1 MISSING RESPONSE bullIf unanswered items are found the respondent should be asked to complete them If a respondent is unsure of the meaning of an item or is unsure of how to respond heshe may be told to use neutral response option bullIf the respondent did not provide a response to every item and no longer available to the examiner the examiner must determine whether the data may be validly scoredbullIf 10 or more items have been left blank test is invalid and not to be formally scored When 9 or fewer item have been left blank the blank item should be scored as if the neutral option was selected Any domain scale containing more than 4 missing responses should be interpreted with caution

2 DOMAIN SCORES locate the 5 columns of items each separately in the answer grid and sum the values of marked responses to these 12 items

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

ANALYSIS OF RESULT

bullRefers to the NEO-FFI-3 form S(adult) scoring sheet and mark your raw scores in the malefemale columns in order to draw the graph from the relative raw score

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

HIGH AVERAGE LOW Sensitive emotional and prone

to experience feelings that are upsetting

Generally calm and able to deal with stress but you sometimes experience feelings of guilt anger or sadness

Secure hardy and generally relaxed even under stressful conditions

Extraverted outgoing active and high-spirited You prefer to be around people most of the time

Moderate in activity and enthusiasm You enjoy the company of others but you also value privacy

Introverted reserved and serious You prefer to be alone or with a few close friends

Open to new experiences You have broad interests and are very imaginative

Practical but willing to consider new ways of doing things You seek a balance between the old and new

Down-to-earth practical traditional and pretty much set in your ways

Compassionate good-natured and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict

Generally warm trusting and agreeable but you can sometimes be stubborn and competitive

Hardheaded skeptical proud and competitive You tend to express your anger directly

Conscientious and well-organized You have a high standards and always strive to achieve your goals

Dependable and moderately well-organized You generally have clear goals but are able to set your work aside

Easygoing not very well-organized and sometimes careless You prefer not to make plans

INTERPRETATON OF DATA

NEUROTICISM

EXTRAVERSION

OPENNESS

AGGREABLENESS

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

References

1Ashton S G amp Goldberg L R (1973) In response to Jacksons challenge The comparative validity of personality scales constructed by the external (empirical) strategy and scales developed intuitively by experts novices and laymen Journal of Research in Personality 7 1-20

2Browne M W amp Cudeck R (1989) Single sample cross-validation indices for covariance structures Multivariate Behavioral Research 24 445-455 Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

3Buss D M amp Craik K H (1983) The act frequency approach to personality Psychological Review 90 105-126

4Buss D M amp Craik K H (1984) Acts dispositions and personality In B A Maher amp W B Maher (Eds) Progress in Experimental Personality Research (Volume 13 pp 241-301) Orlando FL Academic Press

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797

Haider A H Edwin DH MacKenzie E J Bosse MJ Castillo RC Travison TG (2001) Lower Extremity Assessment Project Study Group

Timothy A Ilies R Journal of Applied Psychology Vol 87(4) (2002) pp 797-807 Retrieved from httpdxdoiorg1010370021-9010874797