Scale Overview & Construct
A public-domain 95-item IPIP measure across 12 facets representing Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire constructs.
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 95-item self-report inventory covering 12 facets, 3 to 17 items each. It is an IPIP public-domain item set constructed to represent Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire constructs — it is not the copyrighted MPQ itself and is not affiliated with or endorsed by its publisher. The Unlikely Virtues facet reflects a socially-desirable-responding style, not a personality trait in the ordinary sense, and some facets (e.g. Imagination, Friendliness) have only 3 items and should be read as indicative, not precise.
License: Public Domain (International Personality Item Pool, ipip.ori.org), representing constructs from the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire. Citation: Tellegen, A., & Waller, N. G. (2008). Exploring personality through test construction: Development of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire. In G. J. Boyle, G. Matthews, & D. H. Saklofske (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of personality theory and assessment (Vol. 2, pp. 261-292). Sage. This is not a diagnostic tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the publisher of the original MPQ. Facet 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.