Adult leadership scales based on the Bernreuter Personality Inventory

Abstract

Using Kelley's revised formula and Strong's weighting chart, scoring weights were derived for Bernreuter items to which responses of adult men who were leaders in vocational and social activities were significantly different from responses of non-leaders. An Office-Holder Scale of 101 items and a Supervisor scale of 84 items were devised. The Office-Holder test discriminated between office-holders and non-office-holders better than any of the Bernreuter scales, but the Supervisor test was not as discriminatory. Results of reliability and validity studies on the scales devised are included. 10 references. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)