EXTREME SAMPLES ON THE EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE PSYCHOTICISM SCALE
The P scale of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire was examined in three samples of normals which obtained either very high or very low means on the P scale. Psychometric problems such as low internal consistency and items with no variance were identified in the sample with a low
P mean. Although more desirable psychometric properties were identified in the two samples with high P means, it was undesirable to label such samples of normals as being high in “Psychoticism” It was recommended that the scale be renamed, perhaps, “Toughmindedness”.
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 January 1983
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