A revised version of the psychoticism scale
Personality and Individual DifferencesPublished 1 January 1985
Sybil B. G. Eysenck, H.J. Eysenck, Paul Barrett
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SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.42
SNIP1.34
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Abstract
In view of certain psychometric deficiencies of the original Psychoticism scale, an attempt was made to improve the scale by adding new items. It was attempted to increase the internal reliability of the scale, improve the shape of the distribution and increase the mean and variance score. Two different studies are discussed. Reliabilities are now somewhat improved, distributions are closer to normal and mean scores are higher than on the old scale. Four new short 12-item scales for the measurement of P, E, N and L are also given.
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Dimensions of Personality
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