FPI is Freiburg Personality Inventory, which means the Freiburg Multifactor Questionnaire. Introduced the world of FPI in the second half of the twentieth century. The task of the questionnaire is to identify attitudes to difficulties, as well as to determine how a person copes with these problems, analyzes the emotional state, behavior patterns and other psychological aspects. Personal quiz tests are ideal for getting a better understanding of yourself.
The essence of the test
To date, the FPI test has four forms - A, B, C and K, which differ from each other in the number of questions, but they have the same task. All four forms give true results, as practice shows. The most commonly used form is B, which can be found on the Internet with enviable regularity. This form was developed by A. Krylova and T. Ronginskaya, the multivariate personality questionnaire includes 114 questions, and the reliability of this test is quite high.
How to conduct a test?
The best option for conducting the Freiburg multifactor personality questionnaire is a one-on-one face-to-face testing with a psychologist, who will then draw up a personality profile and give the right conclusion, which will be accompanied by useful recommendations.
In general, the test was created more for applied research, it took into account the experience of previous similar questionnaires and the system was improved. The FPI questionnaire has a certain number of scales, which are formed on the basis of the results of factor analysis.
In general, the main task of the questionnaire is to analyze and diagnose the mental state of a person, as well as the properties of these states, which are of great importance not only for social but also for professional adaptation, in particular, one should not forget about the regulation of behavior.
What does the questionnaire consist of?
The usual set is an instruction and a response form. For each interviewee, one. The questionnaire itself has twelve scales, all four forms differ from each other only in the number of questions. The first question of the test is considered verification and does not affect any of the scales, and they are as follows. The first to ninth scales are basic questions, the tenth to twelfth are derivatives, they are also called integrating.
What are scales?
So, we will analyze each of them in more detail:
- The first scale is neuroticism. As you can guess from the name, it characterizes the level of human neuroticism. If the indicators are high, then there is a pronounced neurotic syndrome of asthenic type, which is accompanied by serious psychosomatic disturbances in human functioning.
- The second scale is spontaneous aggressiveness. Thanks to these indicators, it is possible to identify and assess the likelihood of unforeseen human aggression. High indicators tell us that the person has an increased level of psychopathization, which is fraught with overly impulsive and hot-tempered behavior.
- The third scale is depression. The objective of this scale is to enable psychologists to diagnose symptoms that indicate a psychopathological depressive syndrome. If the indicators on this scale are high, then we can conclude that such a condition is present in a person not only in emotions, but also in behavior, and in relation to himself and society.
- The fourth scale is irritability. Indicates the emotional stability of a person. The higher the indicators, the more unstable the mental state of the individual.
- The fifth scale is sociability. According to these indicators, we can conclude about the social activity of a person. High - a pronounced need for communication.
- The sixth scale is poise. Analysis of these answers allows us to conclude that a person is resistant to stressful situations. High rates tell us about good security in terms of psychological state from critical situations.
- The seventh scale is reactive aggressiveness. The indicators in this section help to identify signs of extensive type of psychopathy. High rates - a pronounced desire to dominate.
- The eighth scale is shyness. A person's predisposition to a stress response to the most mundane life events. High rates - this is increased anxiety, self-doubt and self-reliance.
- The ninth scale is openness. These indicators make it possible to draw a conclusion about a person’s attitude to his social environment, and you can also analyze the level of self-criticism. The higher the indicators, the greater the person’s openness to others.
- Tenth scale - extroverts and introverts. The higher the indicators, the higher the degree of extroversion of a person and vice versa.
- The eleventh scale is emotions. The higher the indicator, the more unstable the emotional state of the personality, which is manifested in mood swings.
- The twelfth scale is masculinism or feminism. The higher the result, the higher the mental activity to a greater extent on the male type and vice versa.
This ends the analysis of the scales.
How is testing done?
The study can be carried out as one on one with a specific person, or immediately with a group of people. For the latter option, it is only important that each subject has a personal answer form and instruction. The task of the psychologist is to achieve a positive attitude and interest in the survey participants to the task.
Results Processing
The initial analysis procedure ends with initial assessments, with the help of which it is too early to draw any conclusions. The second processing procedure is already tied to the analysis of the initial assessment in standard nine-point scales. For this purpose tables with the corresponding designations are used. After that, the placed designations are combined and as a result a graphic image of the personality profile is obtained. Now you can start the analysis, after which there is an interpretation of the results, the psychologist gives his opinion and all the necessary recommendations.
Kettell's 16-person questionnaire (or 16 PF)
It is considered one of the most famous psychological questionnaires in the world. Contains 187 questions. It is actively used by employers when they conduct interviews with potential employees. Such testing is used even in state and law enforcement agencies. Methods of personality questionnaires are used in many areas.
As a result, we identify the detailed characteristics that the “experimental” receives in the course of answering the test questions. And this is interesting at least from the point of view of self-diagnosis. If you want to analyze yourself, look at your personality from the outside, find out your hidden aspects of your character or even just amuse your curiosity, such questionnaires will be the best solution to meet such goals.