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The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire is a comprehensive measure of normal range personality. Although it was not developed to identify psychopathology, it has been used extensively and productively in clinical settings due to its ability to give a deep, integrated picture of the whole person, including both personal strengths and weaknesses. The 16PF questionnaire can be used to identify patterns of behavior in a wide variety of real-life circumstances. For example, it can be used to understand a person’s self-esteem, coping patterns, capacity for empathy, interpersonal needs, likely attitude toward power and authority, cognitive processing style, internalization of societal rules or standards, and likely occupational preferences. Because of this comprehensive scope, 16PF results are useful in a wide variety of settings, including clinical, counseling, industrial, career development, and research.
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Cattell, H.E.P. (2001). The Sixteen Personality Factor (16PF) Questionnaire. In: Dorfman, W.I., Hersen, M. (eds) Understanding Psychological Assessment. Perspectives on Individual Differences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1185-4_10
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