PPI-R Instructions

This test measures different personality characteristics-that is, the ways in which people’s personality styles make them different from each other. Using the PPI-R Item Booklet, read each statement carefully and decide how false or true it is as a description of you. Then, mark the best choice that corresponds to your answer on this form. Use the answer choices provided below. 

False = False    Mostly False = Mostly False     Mostly True = Mostly True     True =True 

Even if you feel that a statement is neither false nor true about you, or if you are not sure which answer to choose, select the answer that is the closest to describing you. 

Here is an example: I like going to movies. 

If it is true that you like going to movies, circle True on the answer sheet, as shown below. 

False Mostly False Mostly True True

If it is mostly false that you like going to movies, circle MF on the answer sheet, as shown below. 

Try to be as honest as you can. Please be sure to give your own opinion about whether each statement is false or true about you. 

Print your name, identification num­ber, today’s date, birth date, and age on the inside of this form. Check the appropriate box to indicate your gender.