sixteen personality factor questionnaire: 5th edition dale pietrzak, ed.d., lpc-mh, ccmhc
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Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire: 5th EditionSixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire: 5th Edition
Dale Pietrzak, Ed.D., LPC-MH, CCMHC
Personality Test Types
Objective
Projective
Clinical Normal
MMPI-2MCMI-III
BPI
16PFCPI
RorschachHoltzman
HTPTATER’s
Symptom Focus Trait-Motive
3 Domains of of Assessment
• Ability: What the person can do
• Motive: What the person desires
• Personality: What the person is like (Character)
Cattell & Johnson, 1986; Leary, 1957Cattell & Johnson, 1986; Leary, 1957
What on earth ishe talking about!?!
3 Types of Personality Data
• Life Data: Personality as it is revealed in everyday behavior
• Question Data: Person’s self-report of any type
• Test Data: Person’s responses to contrived situations, a non-conscious presentation or inferential (Projectives, IQ, Situation)
Cattell & Johnson, 1986; Leary, 1957Cattell & Johnson, 1986; Leary, 1957
16PF & Related
• Constructed using factor analysis– Different factors for adults and children
• 16 Primary Scales
• 5 Second Order Factors
• One of most used and researched instruments
• A great deal of validity data
Administration & Scoring
• 1 hour supervised
• 6th grade reading level
• Caution on using “b”
• 4 published keys (2 can be hand made)
• Calculation of Secondary Factors
• (No TV, movies, etc.)
This does notseem so bad.
Stability of Primary Scales
Scale 2 Week 2 Month A .83 .77 B .69 .65 C .75 .67 E .77 .69 F .82 .69 G .80 .76 H .80 .79 I .87 .76
Scale 2 Week 2 Month A .83 .77 B .69 .65 C .75 .67 E .77 .69 F .82 .69 G .80 .76 H .80 .79 I .87 .76
Scale 2 Week 2 Month L .76 .56 M .84 .67 N .77 .70 O .79 .64 Q1 .83 .70 Q2 .86 .69 Q3 .80 .77 Q4 .78 .68
Scale 2 Week 2 Month L .76 .56 M .84 .67 N .77 .70 O .79 .64 Q1 .83 .70 Q2 .86 .69 Q3 .80 .77 Q4 .78 .68
Only 1 scale under .75 (B) at 2 weeks.Only 1 scale under .75 (B) at 2 weeks.
Stability of Secondary Scales
Scale 2 Weeks 2 MonthsExtraversion .91 .80Anxiety .84 .70Tough-Mindedness .87 .82Independence .84 .81Self-Control .87 .79
Scale 2 Weeks 2 MonthsExtraversion .91 .80Anxiety .84 .70Tough-Mindedness .87 .82Independence .84 .81Self-Control .87 .79
At 2 weeks 84 to 91 percent of variance accounted for!At 2 weeks 84 to 91 percent of variance accounted for!
At 2 months only anxiety is below .70!At 2 months only anxiety is below .70!
Consistency of Primary Scales
Scale Alpha A .69 * B .77 C .78 E .66 * F .72 * G .75 H .85 I .77
Scale Alpha A .69 * B .77 C .78 E .66 * F .72 * G .75 H .85 I .77
Scale Alpha L .74 M .74 N .75 O .78 Q1 .64 * Q2 .78 Q3 .71 * Q4 .76
Scale Alpha L .74 M .74 N .75 O .78 Q1 .64 * Q2 .78 Q3 .71 * Q4 .76
Cronbach’s Alpha
* Most heterogeneous
16PF Uses Sten Scores
• Mean is 5.5 and the standard deviation is 2
• Sten 3 is the 11 percentile & 8 the 89 percentile
• Sten 2 is the 4 percentile and 9 the 96 percentile
• 1 is the 1 percentile and 10 the 99 percentile
I think I am Numbered out!
Primary Scales• Factor A: Reserved-Warm• Factor B: Concrete-Abstract• Factor C: Emotionally Reactive-Stable• Factor D: Low Activity-High Activity
– (Child Only)
• Factor E: Deferential-Dominant• Factor F: (Liveliness) Serious-Enthusiastic• Factor G: Nonconforming- Dutiful
Primary Scales Con’t
• Factor H: Shy-Socially Bold
• Factor I: Objective, Unsentimental-Sensitive
• Factor J: Low Attention Seeking-Internally Oriented (Child Only)
• Factor L: Trusting-Suspicious, Skeptical
• Factor M: Workable Oriented-Idea Oriented
• Factor N: Forthright- Private, Discreet (Tact)
Primary Scales Con’t
• Factor O: Self-Assured-Apprehensive Factor Q1: Attached to Familiar-Open to Change
• Factor Q2: Group Oriented-Self Reliant
• Factor Q3: Tolerates Disorder-Self Disciplined, Perfectionistic
• Factor Q4: Relaxed, Placid-Tense (Muscle), High Energy, Impatient
Secondary Factor Equations 1
• Extravertion: (.3A+.3F+.2H-.3N-.3Q2+4.4)
• Anxiety: (-.4C+.3L+.4O+.4Q4+1.65)
• Self-Control: (-.2F+.4G-.3M+.4Q3+3.85)
• Independence: (.6E+.3H+.2L+.3Q1-2.2)
• Tough-Mindedness: (-.2A-.5I-.3M-.5Q1+13.75)
1 Use the STEN Scores from Primary Scales.1 Use the STEN Scores from Primary Scales.
Take me to your numbers
Scoring Example Extraversion
Extravertion: (.3A+.3F+.2H-.3N-.3Q2+4.4)Extravertion: (.3A+.3F+.2H-.3N-.3Q2+4.4)
Scale Sten Weight Total A 7 +.3 2.1 F 7 +.3 2.1 H 9 +.2 1.8 N 4 -.3 -1.2 Q2 5 -.3 -1.5Constant 4.4 --- 4.4
Sten 7.7 Rounded: 8.0
Scale Sten Weight Total A 7 +.3 2.1 F 7 +.3 2.1 H 9 +.2 1.8 N 4 -.3 -1.2 Q2 5 -.3 -1.5Constant 4.4 --- 4.4
Sten 7.7 Rounded: 8.0
Secondary Factor Meanings• EX: Introverted-Extraverted (Socially
participating)
• AX: Little Anxiety-High Anxiety
• TM: Open-minded, Intuitive-Tough-Minded, Unempatetic
• IN: Accommodating, Selfless-Independent, Willful
• SC: Unrestrained, Self-Controlled, Inhibited
Response Style Scales
• Impression Management: 95 percentile call Fake Good; 5th percentile call fake bad
• Infrequency: 95 percentile call invalid– Hand scoring you must make your own key
• Acquiescence: 95 percentile invalid “true response set”; 5 percentile call invalid “false response set”– Hand scoring you must make your own key
Interpretation Process• Assess Validity (Impression Management,
Infrequency, Acquiescence)
• Extreme Scale for Broad Factors (1, 2, 3 and 8, 9, 10)
• Extreme Scales Primary Factors (1, 2, 3 and 8, 9, 10)
• Scale Interactions (Clinical Judgment)
16PF Example16PF ExampleA 10B 7C 3E 2F 4G 7H 9I 8L 8M 6N 4O 7Q1 5Q2 3Q3 4Q4 5
A 10B 7C 3E 2F 4G 7H 9I 8L 8M 6N 4O 7Q1 5Q2 3Q3 4Q4 5
Extremes RankedEX+ --AX+ --TM- --A+ A+C- E-E- H+H+ C-I+ I+L+ L+Q2- Q2-
Extremes RankedEX+ --AX+ --TM- --A+ A+C- E-E- H+H+ C-I+ I+L+ L+Q2- Q2-
36 Year Old Male36 Year Old Male
EX: 8AX: 8SC: 6IN: 5TM: 3
EX: 8AX: 8SC: 6IN: 5TM: 3
16PF Example Con’tA+ = Needs OthersE- = Adaptable (passive)H+ = Socially BoldC- = Emotionally ReactiveI+ = SensitiveL+ = SuspiciousQ2- = Group-Oriented
White Male, Age 34 ...
EX: ExtravertedAX: AnxiousTM: Hypersensitive