Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

personality assessment  

Definition

  • Personality assessment, in its broadest sense, includes any technique that is used to describe or make inferences about the characteristic traits, attitudes, beliefs, values, needs, motives, emotional states, coping styles, or aspirations of an individual. Personality assessment can take many forms, including an Internet dating questionnaire, an epitaph, a letter of recommendation, a psychodiagnosis, an integrity test administered as part of an employment application, and a psychobiography based on a historical record. [Source: Encyclopedia of Counseling; Personality Assessment]

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/personality_assessment

Download this concept: