The items are arranged in a roughly cyclical order determined by a plan to give maximum convenience for scoring by stencil. 6 items are set up for each of the 16 factors accept for general intelligence where 8 items are added to these total of 98 items, thus constitute 7 motivational distortion items. The major source traits as represented on 16 Personality Factor Inventory are as Factor Label AĬattell’s label for the Factor Outgoing- Reservedĭescription: 16 PF consists of 105 items measuring 16 factors viz.
16 personality factor 16pf code#
Cattell‟s theory asserts that every person possesses a degree of each of the following sixteen traits(Cattell also uses the term factors).įor each trait, factor label or code letters are used.
These 16 factors are the major source traits. The PF stands for „Personality Factors‟ and there are sixteen personality factors, hence, it is known as 16 PF. These dimensions are essentially independent that is to co-relate between one and another is usually negligible and having a certain position on one dimension doesn‟t prevent the person from having a position on another. traits affecting much of the overt personality such as Intelligence, Emotional Stability, Super Ego strength and Dominance. The 16 PF dimension used in these text are based on considerable research directed towards locating unitary, independent and practically important “Source Traits” i.e. This test is widely used by psychologists. Need for the Test: Cattell developed Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF), for the assessment of personality. Cattell, and was first published in 1949, thereafter 2nd and 3rd edition in 19.Five alternative forms of the 4th edition were released between 19.Fifth edition of 16 PF was released in 1993. The test, as already said, is constructed by Raymond B. Cattell described the source traits in terms of opposing tendencies. Besides these, there are also a number of surface traits that result out of the interaction of source traits. The source traits are stable, and are considered as the building blocks of personality. With the help of statistical technique called factor analysis, he discovered the common structures. This structure could be determined empirically. According to Cattell there is a common structure on which people differ from each other. History : Among various inventories like EPQ, NEO-PI, etc.16 PF has been selected for the present study.16 PF is constructed by Raymond B.Cattell.