PSI 16pf® Sixth Edition Assessment

What is 16pf®?

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16pf® is a personality factor questionnaire developed by Dr. Raymond Cattell in 1949. It is a standardized personality test that measures 16 primary personality factors and 5 global personality factors and is available online in 20+ languages.

What Does the 16pf® Measure?

16pf® identifies and measures the 16 traits that individuals generally display. These 16 traits usually reflect in more than one of the five global factors, and the grouping is called the 16PF5.

warmth

Warmth

Desire to develop close relationships with others: outgoing vs. reserved

reasoning

Reasoning

Ability to identify and solve verbal and numerical problems and connections: abstract vs. concrete

emotional_stability

Emotional Stability

Ability to respond to life situations: calm vs. stressed

liveliness

Liveliness

Ability to be spontaneous and freely express themselves: spontaneous vs. restrained

socially_secure

Socially Secure

Ability to feel at ease in social situations: uninhibited vs. shy

vigilance

Vigilance

Ability to be cautious with regard to the intentions and motivations of others: suspicious vs. trusting

openness

Openness

Ability to keep personal information to themselves: discreet vs. openness

opennnes_to_change

Openness to Change

Ability to enjoy new situations and experiences: Flexible vs. connected to the familiar

perfectionism

Perfectionism

Striving by flawlessness accompanied by critical self-evaluations: controlled vs. undisciplined

dominance

Dominance

Tendency to influence and control others: powerful vs. submissive

rule_aware

Rule-Aware

Ability to value rules: conforming vs. non-conforming

sensitivity

Sensitivity

Ability to let emotions and feelings of others affect themselves: tender vs. tough

abstractness

Abstractness

Ability to pay attention to abstract rather than concrete observations: imaginative vs. practical

uncertainty

Uncertainty

Tendency to self-criticism: self-critical vs. self-assured

independence

Independence

Ability to trust own judgements and capacities to work independently: self-reliant vs. dependant

tension

Tension

Ability to not get frustrated by different situations: impatient vs. relaxed

factor_1

Extraversion: Relating to others

How much of time, effort and energy are focused on interpersonal relationships vs. pursuing ideas, projects and tasks?

independence_global

Independence: Influence & collaboration

Is the person’s style forceful, assertive with independent influence on the environment, or is it more cooperative and collaborative?

toughmindedness

Toughmindedness: Style of thinking

How does the person experience the world? Is it an intuitive, creative approach, or an objective and realistic?

structure_flexibility

Self-Control: Structure & flexibility

Is the person’s approach unrestrained and flexible or is it characterized by self-discipline and self-control?

anxiety

Anxiety: Pressure Management

How does the person cope with pressure, challenges, disappointments, setbacks and other stressful circumstances?

Why Your Organization Needs 16pf®?

16pf® enables you to hire, promote and develop people who can help your organization thrive and succeed.

  • Reduce hiring risk by facilitating the decision-making process
  • Facilitate leadership and competency development
  • Assess culture-person job fitment
  • Competency measurement
  • Identify high potential employees
  • Identify training needs

What we offer!

Online 16pf® Assessment

We cater to various organizational requirements in segments including:

  • Hiring
  • Promotion
  • Succession Planning
  • Outplacement
  • HiPo Identification
  • Management Potential
  • Individual Development
  • Leadership Development
  • Executive Coaching

Wide Range of System-Generated Reports

We provide a wide range of 16pf® reports for in-depth interpretation for a variety of applications. Some of the reports generated are as follows:

Tailored 16pf® Reporting

Our in-house 16pf® certified practitioners prepare customized reports to suit your organization’s framework or applications

Become an accredited 16pf® practitioner with access to the 16pf assessment and reports in a range of languages. Find out more!

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The 16pf® as an Instrument!

  • Reveals 16 personality characteristics that are structured around the ‘Big Five’ widely accepted global factors of personality
  • Increases self-awareness by paving a path for growing professionally as well as personally
  • Delivers objective and empirical measurement of personality traits that are known to accurately predict behaviour
  • Inspires confidence as there are over 2,700 published research articles that validate and support the 16pf® theory
  • Communicates to a wider audience – available in over 20 languages, each individually researched and validated
  • Powers bespoke job analysis and reporting service, enabling tailoring of outputs to your specific business needs
  • Offers a range of comprehensive reports with an easy-to-understand narrative summary of results
  • Q&A

It empowers you with personality insights so you can:

  • Understand individual’s behaviour patterns
  • Provide clear insights into an individual’s expected performance
  • Conduct interviews and create employee development plans, based upon individualized assessment results.
  • Recognize an individual’s potential for leadership and preferred leadership style
  • Identify key personality characteristics that contribute to on-the-job success

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