[Normal values of the Giessen Test for over 60-year-old probands]

A representative sample of N = 507 elderly over 60 years of age (mean age: 69.46 years; 42.6% male; 57.4% female) was assessed in 1999 by means of the Giessen test (GT) in 1999. Means and standard deviations are given for sub-groups according to gender, age and place of residence (East vs. West Germany) for items and scales, and percentile ranks are given for the GT scales. Furthermore, reliability of the GT scales for the elderly is reported (Cronbach's alpha; split-half-reliability). Reliability is satisfactory except for the scales "Control" and "Dominance". Further, the correlations between the GT scales and the scales of the NEO-FFI are given. The correlations of the GT scales "Social response", "Openness", and "Social potency" with the scale "Extraversion" of the NEO-FFI indicate a clear interpersonal component of the GT. A depressive mood as measured by the Giessen test corresponds positively with neuroticism as measured by the NEO-FFI.