A test of four personality traits of adolescents

Abstract

"Personality is represented by the extent to which the individual has learned to convert his organic energies into habits or actions which successfully influence other people." A questionnaire of 150 items was developed which aims to measure separately and in composite social initiative or aggressiveness, self-determination, economic determination and sex adjustment. The reliability of the test in these four traits ranges from .70 to .88. Further development of the test and norms is to be undertaken in a nationwide study with a group of psychologists. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)