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The NEO Personality Inventory: Using the Five‐Factor ModeI in Counseling
Author(s) -
McCRAE ROBERT R.,
COSTA PAUL T.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1991.tb01524.x
Subject(s) - personality , psychology , big five personality traits , personality assessment inventory , strengths and weaknesses , reliability (semiconductor) , 16pf questionnaire , big five personality traits and culture , social psychology , clinical psychology , applied psychology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Personality psychologists have recently concluded that five major dimensions account for most individual differences in personality traits. The NEO Personality Inventory (NEO‐PI) is a concise measure of this Five‐Factor Model and of some of the important traits that define the factors. Characteristics of the test, features for administration and scoring, and studies of reliability, stability, and validity are summarized. The NEO‐PI may be particularly appropriate for use in counseling because it is brief, nonpsychopathological in content, and sensitive to client strengths as well as weaknesses. We suggest several ways in which the counselor can learn how to use the NEO‐PI effectively.