Development and validation of a brief form of the multidimensional personality questionnaire
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The Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ; A. Tellegen, 1982, in press) provides for a comprehensive analysis of personality at both the lower order trait and broader structural levels. Its higher order dimensions of Positive Emotionality, Negative Emotionality, and Constraint embody affect and temperament constructs, which have been conceptualized in psychobiological terms. The MPQ thus holds considerable potential as a structural framework for investigating personality across varying levels of analysis, and this potential would be enhanced by the availability of an abbreviated version. This article describes efforts to develop and validate a brief (155-item) form, the MPQ-BF. Success was evidenced by uniformly high correlations between the brief- and full-form trait scales and consistency of higher order structures. The MPQ-BF is recommended as a tool for investigating the genetic, neurobiological, and psychological substrates of personality.
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- Authors
- Patrick, C. J., Curtin, J. J., & Tellegen, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Venue
- Psychological Assessment
- Published
- 2002
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 150-163
- ISSN
- 1040-3590 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-134X
- OpenAlex
- W2166550786
- Cited by
- 647
- References
- 69
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 24.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- correction (2007-12-01)
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Assessment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r29mh048657-04)
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH48657, P50MH052384, MH65137, MH-52384, R21MH065137)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Keywords
- Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire, personality assessment, positive affectivity, negative affectivity, constraints, affect, temperament, scale validation
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Personality Disorders, Personality Inventory, Reproducibility of Results
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