Description

The Seattle Personality Questionnaire – Original [AQ-44] is presented in the available source as a psychometric instrument intended to assess different dimensions of personality. However, the source itself states that there is no widely published documentation for a specific instrument under this name and that the description is hypothetical, based on the structure and aims of similar psychometric measures.

Therefore, the information regarding its dimensions, scoring, and applications should be treated as a theoretical description rather than as confirmed characteristics of a fully established psychometric instrument.

Aim

According to the available material, the main aim of the questionnaire is to provide a multidimensional assessment of personality, focusing on characteristics such as emotional stability, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.

This type of assessment is proposed as a means of improving understanding of individual differences and could theoretically be applied in clinical, educational, and occupational settings.

Main Dimensions

The available source describes five possible personality dimensions that broadly correspond to the Big Five model:

Emotional Stability: the ability to manage stress, emotional pressure, and other psychological challenges.

Extraversion: the tendency toward social interaction, activity, and engagement with others.

Openness to Experience: preference for new experiences, imagination, and intellectual curiosity.

Agreeableness: characteristics such as cooperation, trust, and altruism.

Conscientiousness: organization, diligence, responsibility, and self-discipline.

Data Analysis and Use

According to the source description, the questionnaire consists of statements or questions assessing different personality dimensions. Participants respond using a Likert-type scale, ranging from “Strongly Disagree” to “Strongly Agree.”

Responses may be analyzed separately for each theoretically proposed dimension in order to develop a broader personality profile.

In research applications, descriptive statistics, factor analysis, and correlational techniques could also be used to examine the structure of the questionnaire and the relationships among its dimensions.

Scoring

The available material states that responses are coded and summarized to produce separate scores for each personality dimension. These scores could theoretically be compared with population norms to create an individual personality profile.

However, because the source itself describes the instrument as hypothetical, no official scoring algorithm, exact number of items per dimension, validated norms, or confirmed cut-off scores are documented.

Therefore, scientific or clinical use would require prior confirmation of the official version and its psychometric documentation.

Psychometric Evaluation

If an instrument with this proposed structure were developed or used, its psychometric evaluation should include:

Internal Consistency: examination of the consistency of items within each personality dimension.

Test-Retest Reliability: assessment of score stability over time.

Factorial Validity: investigation of whether the empirical structure supports the theoretically proposed dimensions.

Convergent and Discriminant Validity: comparison with established personality measures and with measures of theoretically distinct psychological constructs.

Applications

At a theoretical level, the AQ-44 could be applied in personality research, educational and counseling psychology, organizational research, and studies of individual differences.

It could also support research examining relationships between personality characteristics and educational, occupational, behavioral, or psychosocial variables.

Nevertheless, before any practical application, the scientific origin, official structure, and psychometric documentation of the specific instrument should be verified.

References

Costa, P. T., & McCrae, R. R. (1992). Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) and NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) Professional Manual. Psychological Assessment Resources.

John, O. P., & Srivastava, S. (1999). The Big Five trait taxonomy: History, measurement, and theoretical perspectives. In L. A. Pervin & O. P. John (Eds.), Handbook of Personality: Theory and Research (pp. 102–138). Guilford Press.

Goldberg, L. R. (1992). The development of markers for the Big-Five factor structure. Psychological Assessment, 4(1), 26–42.

Derogatis, L. R. (1994). SCL-90-R: Symptom Checklist-90-R: Administration, Scoring, and Procedures Manual. NCS Pearson.