Purpose

This is an adaptation into the Greek language of Eysenck’s personality questionnaire. Its aim is to explore four dimensions of an individual’s personality: psychoticism (P), neuroticism (N), introversion–extraversion (E), and lie/social desirability (L).

Brief Description

The final questionnaire consists of 84 items to which the respondent expresses agreement or disagreement. Example items include: “My mood often changes,” “I consider myself a very romantic person,” “I enjoy jokes, even the naughty ones,” “I always keep my promises, no matter how difficult that is.”

Sample

The Greek-Cypriot sample consisted of 935 participants, with variations in gender, age, occupation, role of the respondent (whether they were students, visitors, etc.), place of origin, existence or absence of psychological consequences, and the degree of participation in individual or group actions.

Scoring Method

The scoring of the questionnaire is done by dividing the questions into four categories, each of which measures a specific dimension of personality. Only in the case of negatively keyed questions (marked with a minus sign) are “No” responses scored with 1 point and “Yes” with 0 points. All other items are scored according to whether they express extraversion–introversion (E), neurotic–stable behavior (N), psychotic predisposition (P), or tendency to lie or fake responses (L). The possible scores for each category are: for category E, from 0 (minimum) to 24 (maximum); for category N, from 0 to 22; for category P, from 0 to 25; and for category L, from 0 to 19. After systematic analysis of these four factors, the main findings were: the L scale indeed measures the subject’s tendency to lie; the higher the neuroticism score (N) and/or psychoticism score (P), the more serious the individual’s psychological condition may be; and the psychoticism dimension (P) is closely related to antisocial behavior and criminality.

Main Bibliographic Sources

Eysenck, H. J. (1947). Dimensions of Personality. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Eysenck, H. J., & Eysenck, S. B. G. (1968). A factorial study of Psychoticism as a dimension of personality. Multivariate Behaviour Research, Special Issue, 15: 3–31.
Papapetrou, S. (1998). The psychological effects of war on the personality development of 12-year-old Cypriots of 1974. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Athens.