Definition
The Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) is a self-report inventory that assesses personality in terms of 11 lower-order (“primary”) trait scales, which load onto three higher-order factors reflecting temperament dimensions. The full-length version of the inventory is 276 items; shorter standard-wording and simplified-wording forms (155 items and 157 items, respectively) are also available. Each item of the MPQ is answered either “true” or “false.” The inventory also contains validity scales that assess for random responding, acquiescence versus “nay-saying,” and social desirability. The MPQ has proven particularly useful for clarifying how temperament-related psychological dispositions relate to normative and maladaptive behavior.
Introduction
The Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ; Tellegen 2003) is a normal-range personality inventory that assesses an array of basic traits pertaining to affective sensitivity and motivation, interpersonal style,...
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Patrick, C.J., Kramer, M.D. (2017). Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ). In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_48-1
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