Karolinska Scales of Personality

Karolinska Scales of Personality is a personality test, superseded by the Swedish Universities Scales of Personality. It measures personalities with a 135-item questionnaire, answered on a four-point Likert scale and grouped into 15 scales:

  1. Psychic anxiety
  2. Somatic anxiety
  3. Muscular tension
  4. Psychasthenia
  5. Inhibition of aggression
  6. Detachment
  7. Impulsiveness
  8. Monotony avoidance (sensation seeking)
  9. Socialization
  10. Indirect aggression
  11. Verbal aggression
  12. Irritability
  13. Suspicion
  14. Guilt
  15. Social desirability

A Spanish version also exists.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Generós Ortet; Manuel Ignacio Ibáñez; Adrián Llerena; Rafael Torrubia (August 2002). "The Underlying Traits of the Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP)" (PDF). European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 18 (2): 139–148. doi:10.1027/1015-5759.18.2.139 (inactive 1 November 2024). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-06.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)