MIDI Personality Trait Scales

Revised MIDI Personality Scales

a) Outgoing

b) Helpful

c) Moody

d) Organized

e) Self- confident

f) Friendly

g) Warm

h) Worrying

i) Responsible

j) Forceful

k) Lively

l) Caring

m) Nervous

n) Creative

o) Assertive

p) Hardworking

q) Imaginative

r) Softhearted

s) Calm

t) Outspoken

u) Intelligent

v) Curious

w) Active

x) Careless

y) Broad-minded

z) Sympathetic

aa)Talkative

bb)Sophisticated

cc) Adventurous

dd)Dominant

ee)Thorough

Neuroticism (alpha 0.74); Extraversion(alpha0.78); Openness to Experience(alpha 0.77); Conscientiousness(alpha 0.58); Agreeableness (alpha 0.80); and Agency(alpha 0.79)

1-A LOT‚ 2-SOME‚ 3- A LITTLE‚ 4- NOT AT ALL

Neuroticism (c‚ h‚ m‚ s); Extraversion(a‚ f‚ k‚ w‚ aa); Openness to Experience(n‚ q‚ u‚ v‚ y‚ bb‚ cc) ; Conscientiousness(d‚ I‚ p‚ x); Agreeableness (b‚ g‚ l‚ r‚ z); and Agency(e‚ j‚ o‚ t‚ dd)

This instrument can be found at: http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/psych/lachman/pdfs/midi-personality-scales.pdf

Lachman‚ M. E.‚ & Burack‚ O. R. (1993). Planning and control processes across the life span: An overview. International Journal of Behavioral Development‚ 16‚ 131 – 143.

Lachman ME‚ Weaver SL. Technical report. Brandies University; Waltham‚ MA: 1997. Midlife Development Inventory [MIDI] Personality scales: Scale construction and scoring. http://www.brandies.edu/departments/psych/lachman/pdfs/midi-personality-sclaes.pdf

Lachman‚ M. E. & Weaver‚ S. L. (1998). Sociodemographic variations in the sense of control by domain: Findings from the MacArthur studies of midlife. Psychology and Aging‚ 13‚ 553-562.

Lachman‚ M. E. & Weaver‚ S. L. (1998b). The sense of control as a moderator of social class differences in health and well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology‚ 74‚ 763-773.

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