PSYCHOMETRIC INVESTIGATION OF THE EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE

The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire was administered to 139 femalesand 123 males. Scale statistics were obtained and hierarchical factor analyses were performed. The Pscale was found to have low internal consistency reliabilities and tocovary with the Lscale in the female subsample. Factor analyses showed recovery of E scale items in a secondary factor, Social Extraversion, without an impulsivity primary factor. No P and N dimensions recovered; rather components of each scale interrelated in two meaningful dimensions at the tertiary level. © 1979, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.