Scale Overview & Construct
A public-domain 62-item measure of the Big Seven personality model — the Big Five plus Attractiveness and Negative-Valence.
Purpose & Measurement Objectives
Instrument Specifications
Academic Citation & Instrument Provenance
When referencing this instrument in research, academic theses, or clinical institutional audits, please cite the original author publication:
Governance, Boundaries & Ethical Use
This is a 62-item self-report inventory covering 7 factors; individual factor scores are based on 4 to 10 items each, so Emotional Stability (4 items) is measured less precisely than the others. Results reflect how you currently see yourself, not an objective or clinical evaluation of personality.
License: Public Domain (International Personality Item Pool, ipip.ori.org), representing the Big Seven personality model. Citation: Tellegen, A., & Waller, N. G. (1987). Re-examining basic dimensions of natural language trait descriptors. Paper presented at the 95th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, New York; Almagor, M., Tellegen, A., & Waller, N. G. (1995). The Big Seven model: A cross-cultural replication and further exploration of the basic dimensions of natural language trait descriptors. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69(2), 300-307. This is not a diagnostic tool. Factor scores reflect this test's own item pool only — they are not compared against a published clinical or population norm; no such norm has been entered for this instrument.