Five-Part Personality Inventory

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DescriptionThe Five-Part Personality Inventory (Eysenck, 1960) was developed to explore the relationship between personality traits and variables such as social class and sex. The 29-item inventory assesses five traits: rigidity, emotionality, nervousness, neuroticism, and extraversion. Items use a dichotomous yes/no format, derived from various existing personality inventories. The inventory identified five factors, explaining 63% of the variance, with three factors confidently identified as Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Rigidity.
AuthorEysenck, S. B. G.
PurposeTo measure five personality traits: rigidity, emotionality, nervousness, neuroticism, and extraversion.
ConstructPersonality Traits
Instrument TypeInventory/Questionnaire
Test Year1960
ReliabilityNo reliability indicated.
ValidityFactor structure: Three factors identified as Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Rigidity, while Nervousness and Emotionality were labeled less confidently.
Test Items AvailableYes
Number of Items29
Administration MethodInterview
Language PresentEnglish
Test Location1960-07381-001, Table 1, Page 49
Population GroupHuman; Male; Female
Population DetailsSample: English population
KeywordsFactor Structure; Neuroticism; Extraversion; Rigidity; Nervousness; Emotionality; Test Development; Personality Traits
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1037/t21140-000
SourceEysenck, S. B. G. (1960). Social class, sex, and response to a five-part personality inventory. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 20, 47-54. https://doi.org/10.1177/001316446002000105

Five-Part Personality Inventory

                                                                                                             Items

Inventory

NATURE OF ITEM

Key

1. Class

2. Sex

Nervousness

3. Do you use up more energy than the average person in getting things done? …………………………………………………………………

Y

Neurotocism

4. Do you sometimes feel happy, sometimes depressed, without any apparent reason? ……………………………………………………

Y

Extraversion

5. Do you prefer action to planning for action? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Y

Emotionality

6. Do you get excited when you argue? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Y

Neurotocism

7. Are you inclined to be moody? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Y

Nervousness

8. Now, can you relax easily when sitting or lying down? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………

N

Rigidity

9. Do you become so much absorbed in whatever you’re doing that you don’t like to be interrupted and have …………………to change to something new?

Y

Emotionality

10. Do you easily show it when you feel sympathy, delight, sorrow or anger? ……………………………………………………………………

Y

Emotionality

11. And if you are feeling angry, sympathetic or jealous, do you sometimes do things that you regret later on? …………………

Y

Nervousness

12. Are you easily startled when things happen unexpectedly? …………………………………………………………………………………………

Y

Extraversion

13. Would you rate yourself a lively individual? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Y

Extraversion

14. Do you usually take the initiative in making new friends? ……………………………………………………………………………………………

Y

Neurotocism

15. Are you sometimes bubbling over with energy and sometimes very sluggish? ………………………………………………………………

Y

Rigidity

16. Do you feel you can really enjoy yourself with friends when you have done your duty and finished whatever ………………

Y

task you have in hand?

Emotionality

17. Do you remain outwardly calm when people around you are moved and excited? ………………………………………………………

N

Neurotocism

18. Does your mind often wander when you are trying to concentrate? ……………………………………………………………………………

Y

Neurotocism

19. Do you have frequent ups and downs in mood either with or without any apparent cause? …………………………………………

Y

Rigidity

20. Before going on a trip do you always plan well in advance, decide how you’re going and what you’re going to do, ………

Y

and then feel reluctant to make changes?

Extraversion

21. Would you be very unhappy if you were prevented from making numerous social contacts? ………………………………………

Y

Inventory

NATURE OF ITEM

Key

Emotionality

22. Do you get so excited that you use your hands when you talk? ……………………………………………………………………………………

Y

Nervousness

23. Are you easily upset when you’re disturbed in something you’re concentrating on? ……………………………………………………

Y

Extraversion

24. Are you happiest in some schemed that calls for rapid action? ……………………………………………………………………………………

Y

Emotionality

25. Do you ever get a lump in your throat when you read a sad story or see an emotional film? …………………………………………

Y

Neurotocism

26. Are you frequently lost in thought, even when you’re supposed to be taking part in a conversation? ……………………………

Y

Rigidity

27. Do you think a person who does not live up to the standards he sets himself does not deserve sympathy? …………………

Y

Rigidity

28. Do you always prefer the familiar, the safe and sure, to taking chances with the new and untried? ………………………………

Y

Nervousness

29. And do you have any habits like chewing pencils or biting fingernails or things like that? ……………………………………………

Y

Extraversion

30. Are you inclined to be quick and sure in your actions? …………………………………………………………………………………………………

Y

Rigidity

31. Finally, do you feel one should never take the second best and only buy the most solid or lasting things or …………………

Y

else go without?

Cite this article

Mohammed looti (2026). Five-Part Personality Inventory. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/five-part-personality-inventory/

Mohammed looti. "Five-Part Personality Inventory." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 3 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/five-part-personality-inventory/.

Mohammed looti. "Five-Part Personality Inventory." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/five-part-personality-inventory/.

Mohammed looti (2026) 'Five-Part Personality Inventory', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/five-part-personality-inventory/.

[1] Mohammed looti, "Five-Part Personality Inventory," PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, vol. X, no. Y, ص Z-Z, April, 2026.

Mohammed looti. Five-Part Personality Inventory. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. 2026;vol(issue):pages.

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