Neo Personality Inventory – Revised (NEO PI-R)

Author(s): Paul T Costa, Jr and Robert R McCrae

Publisher: PAR 1985, 1989, 1991

Purpose: To evaluate normal personality based on the 5 factor model of personality
Administration: 35-45 minutes - Individual and group
Scoring: Paper-based or NEO Software for Windows
Categories: All positions
Candidates: 17+ years of age

Features:

• Comprehensive and detailed assessment of normal adult personality
• Standard questionnaire measure of the Five Factor Model
• Appropriate for use in organisational settings

Content:

The NEO PI-R provides a systematic assessment of emotional, interpersonal, experiential, attitudinal, and motivational styles - a detailed personality description that can be a valuable resource for a variety of professionals. The inventory is a concise measure of the five major domains of personality and the six facets that define each domain:

• Neuroticism - Anxiety, Hostility, Depression, Self-Consciousness, Impulsiveness, Vulnerability
• Extroversion - Warmth, Gregariousness, Assertiveness, Activity, Excitement-Seeking, Positive Emotions
• Openness to Experience - Fantasy, Aesthetics, Feelings, Actions, Ideas, Values
• Agreeableness - Trust, Modesty, Compliance, Altruism, Straightforwardness, Tender-Mindedness
• Conscientiousness - Competence, Self-Discipline, Achievement-Striving, Dutifulness, Order, Deliberation

The inventory is available in two parallel versions, each containing 240 items and three validity items:

• Form S - self-report measure for use with adult men and women
• Form R - observer report measure, written in the third person for peer, spouse, or expert ratings

The NEO PI-R has useful applications in industrial/organisational psychology, counselling, clinical psychology, psychiatry, behavioural medicine and health psychology, career counselling, and educational and personality research.

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