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Karolinska Scales of Personality is a personality test, superseded by the Swedish Universities Scales of Personality. It measures personalities with a 135-item questionnaire, answered on a four-point Likert scale and grouped into 15 scales:

  1. Psychic anxiety
  2. Somatic anxiety
  3. Muscular tension
  4. Psychasthenia
  5. Inhibition of aggression
  6. Detachment
  7. Impulsiveness
  8. Monotony avoidance ( sensation seeking)
  9. Socialization
  10. Indirect aggression
  11. Verbal aggression
  12. Irritability
  13. Suspicion
  14. Guilt
  15. Social desirability

A Spanish version also exists. [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Generós Ortet; Manuel Ignacio Ibáñez; Adrián Llerena; Rafael Torrubia (August 2002). "The Underlying Traits of the Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP)" (PDF). European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 18 (2): 139–148. doi: 10.1027/1015-5759.18.2.139 (inactive 31 January 2024). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-06.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 ( link)