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Håkan Källmen1, Peter Wennberg, Hans Bergman
1STAD-Centre for Psychiatry Research Karolinska Institutet/Stockholm County Council, Box 6031, 102 31 Stockholm, Sweden. hakan.kallmen@sll.se
Background:
Internationally, the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R) is a well established questionnaire for assessment of personality in accordance with the Five Factor Model. The instrument has been translated into many languages including Swedish.
Aim:
The aim of this study was to make a psychometric evaluation of the Swedish version of NEO-PI-R based on a sample from the general population.
Methods:
Postal questionnaires were sent to a random sample of 1250 persons (n = 766 responders).
Results And Conclusions:
The test showed satisfactory internal consistency in the broad factors as well as the facets. A factor analysis indicated that the factors were similar but not identical to those obtained in American studies. In sum, The Swedish version of the NEO-PI-R shows satisfactory psychometric properties and the instrument will continue to be a valuable tool in psychological research and in clinical practice.
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