The MPS is a brief (155 item) form of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) that measures personality at primary and broad traits levels.
ITEM CODING
The MPS consists of 155 items that are rated on a 2-point scale as follows:
| True | False |
| 1 | 0 |
SCALES
The MPS yields 12 primary trait scales. Description of the scales and item loadings are listed below. Scale scores are calculated as the sum of respective items. Bold items are reverse coded. The MPS also has 3 broad trait scales- scoring information can be found in the documents below.
| SCALE NAME (ABBR.) | ITEM LOADINGS |
|---|---|
| Wellbeing (WB) | 1 , 26 , 38 , 50 , 62 , 74 , 85 , 97 , 109 , 121 , 133 , 144 |
| Social Potenancy (SP) | 2 , 15 , 39 , 51 , 75 , 87 , 110 63 , 98 , 122 , 134 , 145 |
| Achievement (AC) | 3 , 16 , 27 , 52 , 76 , 88 , 111 , 123 , 135 , 146, 64 , 99 |
| Social Closeness (SC) | 5 , 17 , 40 , 77 , 112 28 , 65 , 89 , 100 , 124 , 136 , 148 |
| Stress Reaction (SR) | 6 , 18 , 29 , 41 , 53 , 78 , 90 , 101 , 113 , 125 , 137 , 125 , 137 , 149, 60 |
| Alienation (AL) | 7 , 19 , 30 , 42 , 54 , 66 , 91 , 102 , 114 , 126 , 138 , 150 |
| Agression(AG) | 8 , 20 , 31 , 43 , 55 , 67 , 103 , 115 , 127 , 139 , 151,79 |
| Harm Avoidance (HA) | 34 , 69 , 81 , 93 , 105 , 129 11 , 22 , 46 , 57 , 141 , 153 |
| Tradionalism (TD) | 12 , 23 , 35 , 58 , 70 , 82 , 94 , 106 , 142 , 154, 47 , 118 |
| Control (CT) | 9 , 44 , 56 , 68 , 92 , 116 , 128 , 140 ,21 , 33 , 80 , 152 |
| Absorption (AB) | 13 , 24 , 36 , 48 , 59 , 71 , 83 , 95 , 107 , 119 , 130 , 155 |
| Unlikely Virtues (UV) | 25 , 49 , 72 , 96 , 120 , 143 , 147 , 4 , 14 , 37 , 61 , 84 , 108 , 131 |
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REFERENCES
Patrick, C. J., Curtin, J. J., & Tellegen, A. (2002). Development and validation of a brief form of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ). Psychological Assessment, 14, 150-163.
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