Personality Research Form (PRF)

Author(s): Douglas N. Jackson, Ph.D.

Publisher: Sigma Assessment Systems, 1964, 1974, 1984, 1997

Purpose: To evaluate personality
Administration: 45 minutes — Individual and group
Scoring: Online and Paper-based
Categories: All positions
Candidates: 13+ years of age

Features: Yield scores for personality traits relevant to the functioning of individuals in a wide variety of situations

Content:

The PRF focuses on areas of normal functioning rather than psychopathology and is based to a large extent upon Murray's framework for the description of personality.

Five forms of the test are available. The most popular -- Form E -- contains 22 scales comprised of 352 True-False items, Scales on Form E include:

• Abasement
• Achievement
• Affiliation
• Aggression
• Autonomy
• Change
• Cognitive
• Structure
• Defendence
• Dominance
• Endurance
• Exhibition
• Harm avoidance
• Impulsivity
• Nurturance
• Order
• Play
• Sentience
• Social Recognition
• Succorance
• Understanding
• Infrequency
• Desirability

The PRF can be used to supplement other sources of information about clients in counselling settings and guidance centers and for personnel selection in organisational and business settings.

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