MPQ
The Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) is a broadband measure of normal-range personality traits. Featuring new nationally representative normative data and updated scales, the MPQ utilizes a long history of research and can be used for preemployment screening for public safety positions.
MPQ Basic Information
- Test Authors: Auke Tellegen, Ph.D., Martin Sellbom, Ph.D., John Kamp, Ph.D., Richard Handel, Ph.D.
- Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
- Distributor: Pearson Assessments
- Date of Publication: 2023
- Administration: Paper and Q-global
- Length: 256 True-False items
- Administration Time: 25-45 minutes
- Minimum Reading Level: 5th grade (Flesch-Kincaid)
- Age: 18 years and older
- Norm Group: Nationally representative norms. Designed to match 2020 U.S. census projections for gender, age, race/ethnicity, and education, the MPQ normative sample includes 1,000 individuals ages 18 and older from diverse communities throughout the United States.
- To learn more about the MPQ, please visit PearsonAssessments.com/MPQ.
- Learn more about the MPQ Police Preemployment Interpretive Report.
The MPQ is available for research use. For questions and permissions, contact the Test Division at testdiv@umn.edu.