A psychometric investigation of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire

Helmes, Edward
1980
Thumbnail Image

View/Download File

v04n1p043.pdf (1006.01 KB)

Persistent link to this item

https://hdl.handle.net/11299/99952
Statistics
View Statistics

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Title

A psychometric investigation of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire

Authors

Published Date

1980

Publisher

Type

Article

Abstract

Summaries of item properties for the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) are reported, based upon the responses of 99 male and 92 female undergraduate psychology students. Means, standard deviations, and internal consistencies were comparable to those already published, with the exception of lower reliabilities for the P and L scales. A high incidence of extreme p values and correlation with social desirability was noted for the P scale. Item factor analyses at both the first- and third-order levels did not replicate the four-factor structure claimed by Eysenck; at best, four components accounted for approximately 30% of the observed variance. Many items did not load in accordance with the EPQ scoring key, and many items did not load on an interpretable component. The question of difficulty factors is discussed: None were located. It is concluded that there is little empirical support for the structure claimed for the EPQ.

Keywords

Description

Related to

Replaces

License

Collections

Applied Psychological Measurement, Volume 04, 1980

Series/Report Number

Funding information

Isbn identifier

Doi identifier

Previously Published Citation

Helmes, Edward. (1980). A psychometric investigation of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Applied Psychological Measurement, 4, 43-55. doi:10.1177/014662168000400106

Suggested citation

Helmes, Edward. (1980). A psychometric investigation of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/99952.

Content distributed via the University Digital Conservancy may be subject to additional license and use restrictions applied by the depositor. By using these files, users agree to the Terms of Use. Materials in the UDC may contain content that is disturbing and/or harmful. For more information, please see our statement on harmful content in digital repositories.