Australian norms on Eysenck's Short Personality Test.
Eysenck's 1958 12-item test of Neuroticism and Extraversion was applied to a random sample of 262 Australian adults in a telephone survey. Items clustered in the predicted dimensions, with the scales showing a Cronbach alpha of 64 for Neuroticism and 53 for Extraversion. No significant sex difference was found on either dimension: Australians scores were significantly higher than those of English subjects on Extraversion, but lower on Neuroticism. The test is considered useful in field situations or market research where a quick indicator of two dimensions of personality is sought.
Department of Journalism, University of Queensland, Australia. j.henningham@uq.edu.au
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D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results