Six Factor Personality Questionnaire (SFPQ)

Author(s): Douglas N. Jackson, Ph.D., Sampo V. Paunonen, Ph.D., and Paul F. Tremblay, Ph.D.

Publisher: Sigma Assessment Systems

Purpose: To evaluate personality

Employment Categories: All positions

Candidates: 18+ years of age

Administration: 20 minutes - Individual and group

Scoring: By hand or online

Features: Broad coverage of personality dimensions

Content:

The SFPQ is a measure of six personality dimensions each consisting of three facet scales, measured by 108 Likert items. The SFPQ encompasses and extends the popular Big Five factors of personality and facets underlying these factors. The SFPQ factor scales and facet scales are:

• Agreeableness - Abasement, Even-Tempered, Good-Natured
• Extroversion - Affiliation, Dominance, Exhibition
• Independence - Autonomy, Individualism, Self-Reliance
• Industriousness - Achievement, Seriousness, Endurance
• Methodicalness - Cognitive Structure, Deliberateness, Order
• Openness to Experience - Change, Understanding, Breadth of Interest

The SFPQ can be used to assess normal adult personality in business and organisational settings, counselling and clinical settings, and research.