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Introduction: The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised - Abbreviated (EPQR-A) consists of 24 items for assessment of the three fundamental personality traits (psychoticism, extraversion, and neuroticism) and a validity scale (lie scale). Our objectives were to assess the psychometric properties of a version of this instrument culturally adapted for Brazil. Method: 321 participants were recruited using a non-probabilistic method. Results: Internal consistencies ranged from minimally acceptable to respectable, except for the psychoticism domain. Higher neuroticism scores were associated with higher depression and anxiety scores, higher extraversion scores were associated with lower levels of depression symptoms, and higher psychoticism scores were associated with higher levels of depression symptoms. Conclusion: Our findings describe sustainable psychometric properties for the Brazilian Portuguese version of EPQR-A. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to describe relevant aspects of the current status of the use of psychological tests in Portugal. The sample consisted of 1523 psychology professionals and was based on their answers to an online questionnaire about practices, attitudes and problems related to psychological testing. The results show that a vast majority of respondents (aprox. 90%) use tests in their professional practice, mostly for evaluation/diagnosis or screening purposes, and to evaluate subjects from school age up to 64 years of age. The results underline a favorable attitude towards the importance of training on testing methods, and the consideration that these can be of great help, the need for legislation and standards in this specific area, and a clear adherence to the idea that tests should be used solely by psychologists. Making photocopies of tests, and not cross-checking the results obtained with other colleagues were some of the problems identified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on the P-E-N Model, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire - Revised (EPQ-R; S. Eysenck, H. Eysenck, & Barrett, 1985) assesses the three fundamental personality dimensions: Psychoticism (P), Extraversion (E), and Neuroticism (N). This test also includes the L scale, which is a Lie/Social Desirability scale. This paper presents the results of psychometric studies obtained with the Portuguese Experimental Version of the EPQ-R (Almiro & M.R. Simões, 2007) in a sample of 671 participants. These studies include: reliability analysis (internal consistency and test-retest methods); construct validity analysis (principal components analysis) and concurrent validity analysis (using the test scores in BDI, STAI and BSI as an external criterion of validation); and item analysis (item fit, item reliability, item validity) applying the Rasch Model. These results show the good psychometric properties of the Experimental Version of the EPQ-R. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]