| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Description | The Comrey Personality Inventory (Comrey, 1964) was developed to measure 33 personality dimensions and three validation scales. The validation scales include the Truth scale (measuring willingness to reveal unflattering information), the Validity scale (measuring rational responses), and the Social Desirability scale (measuring the tendency to distort responses in a socially desirable way). Each dimension consists of six items, totaling 216 items. Factor analysis of the most important dimensions revealed Compulsion, Dependence, Hostility, and Neuroticism as key factors. |
| Author | Comrey, Andrew L. |
| Purpose | The purpose of the Comrey Personality Inventory is to examine multiple personality dimensions. |
| Construct | Personality Dimensions |
| Instrument Type | Inventory/Questionnaire |
| Reliability | Internal consistency reliability estimates were obtained for each of the 30 personality dimensions, with a median value of .835 and a range from .62 to .93. Truth Scale and Social Desirability had reliability scores of .69 and .58, respectively. |
| Validity | Factor structure was established through intercorrelations among total scores, and 25 factors were extracted and rotated by varimax criterion. The 17 factors with a loading of .3 or more were further analyzed using an oblique simple structure. |
| Factor Analysis | Twenty-five factors were extracted, and 17 factors with significant loadings were further rotated to an oblique simple structure. |
| Administration Method | Paper |
| Language | English |
| Test Items Available | No. To obtain the test items, you are advised to contact the author or publisher directly. |
| Test Year | 1964 |
| Format | Responses are made on one of two scales: Scale X (1-9 scale from Never to Always) and Scale Y (1-9 scale from Absolutely Not to Absolutely). |
| Population Group | Human; Male; Female |
| Population Details | The sample consists of university students and community residents. |
| Keywords | Comrey Personality Inventory; Factor Structure; Test Development; Internal Consistency |
| Source | Comrey, A. L. (1964). Personality factors compulsion, dependence, hostility, and neuroticism. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 24(1), 75–84. https://doi.org/10.1177/001316446402400106 |
| Classification | Personality |
| Permissions | May use for Research/Teaching |
| Commercial | No |
| Fee | No |
Cite this article
Mohammed looti (2026). Comrey Personality Inventory. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/comrey-personality-inventory/
Mohammed looti. "Comrey Personality Inventory." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 4 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/comrey-personality-inventory/.
Mohammed looti. "Comrey Personality Inventory." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/comrey-personality-inventory/.
Mohammed looti (2026) 'Comrey Personality Inventory', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/comrey-personality-inventory/.
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