| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Description | The Psychoneuroticism Scale (Pn; Block, 1961) was developed to measure participants’ susceptibility to anxiety. The scale was created using a sequential process involving cluster analysis, item analysis, and dimensional purification. It contains 45 items, 33 of which are from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and 19 from the California Psychological Inventory (CPI). Despite the arithmetic inconsistency in the item count, the 19 items from the CPI are sufficient to provide a reliable and dimensionally valid score. The Pn scale has strong correlations (.70s to .80s) with the MMPI Psychasthenia scale, the MMPI Manifest Anxiety scale, and an Anxiety scale developed by Welsh (1956). |
| Author | Block, Jack |
| Purpose | To measure participants’ susceptibility to anxiety. |
| Construct | Psychoneuroticism |
| Instrument Type | Rating Scale |
| Reliability | No reliability indicated. |
| Validity | Construct Validity: The Pn scale correlates in the .70s and sometimes .80s with the MMPI Psychasthenia scale, the MMPI Manifest Anxiety scale compiled by Taylor (1953), and the Anxiety scale developed from a factor analysis by Welsh (1956). |
| Factor Analysis | No factor analysis indicated. |
| Test Methodology | Test Validity; Construct Validity |
| Test Items | 45 items |
| Classification | 5100 Anxiety and Depression |
| Population Group | Human |
| Population Details | Sample: College Students |
| Keywords | Psychoneuroticism Scale; Test Development; Construct Validity; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory; California Psychological Inventory; Personality Measures; Risk Factors |
| Index Terms | Anxiety; Construct Validity; Neuroticism; Personality Measures; Risk Factors; Test Construction; Test Validity |
| Permissions | May use for Research/Teaching |
| Reference | Block, J. (1961). Ego identity, role variability, and adjustment. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 25(5), 392–397. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0042979 |
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Mohammed looti (2026). Psychoneuroticism Scale. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/psychoneuroticism-scale/
Mohammed looti. "Psychoneuroticism Scale." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 3 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/psychoneuroticism-scale/.
Mohammed looti. "Psychoneuroticism Scale." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/psychoneuroticism-scale/.
Mohammed looti (2026) 'Psychoneuroticism Scale', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/psychoneuroticism-scale/.
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