THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ABBREVIATED FORM OF THE REVISED EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE (EPQR-A) - ITS USE AMONG STUDENTS IN ENGLAND, CANADA, THE USA AND AUSTRALIA

An abbreviated from of the EPQR, consisting of four scales of 6 items each, is developed from the 48-item short form EPQR. The reliability of the scales of this abbreviated questionnaire, together with their correlations with the longer parent scales of the short form EPQR and the well established EPQ, are explored among samples of 685 students from England, Canada, the U.S.A. and Australia. The data are presented for the four cultural contexts separately. The 24-item abbreviated EPQR (EPQR-A) is recommended as a reliable functional equivalent to the 48-item short form EPQR (EPQR-S). Attention is drawn to the need for further research and development to improve short indices of psychoticism.