self-report inventory
A person completes a self-report inventory by marking boxes on a questionnaire.
Noun: A type of psychological assessment tool where an individual provides information about themselves by responding to a series of standardized questions, statements, or items. The person typically indicates which traits, feelings, or behaviors from a provided list apply to them or makes choices about hypothetical scenarios.
A self-report inventory is a common method in personality psychology and clinical assessment. The respondent reads items and selects answers that best describe their own perceptions, without interpretation by an administrator during the response phase. - It is used for measuring personality traits, attitudes, emotional states, or behavioral tendencies. - The format usually involves rating scales (e.g., Likert scales), checklists, or forced-choice items.
- Forced-choice format: Some inventories use this format to reduce social desirability bias, requiring respondents to choose between equally desirable (or undesirable) statements.
- Validity scales: Many modern self-report inventories include built-in scales to detect inconsistent responding, exaggeration, or defensiveness.
- Self-report questionnaire: A very similar term, often used interchangeably, though sometimes implying a shorter or less comprehensive instrument.
- Personality inventory: A broader category that often, but not always, uses a self-report methodology. The self-report inventory is a specific type of personality inventory.
- Psychological assessment: The overarching field in which self-report inventories are a key tool.
- Personality test (specifically those using a self-report format)
- Self-assessment questionnaire
- Psychometric inventory
- To complete/fill out a self-report inventory: The action of responding to the instrument.
- All new employees were asked to complete a self-report inventory.
- Self-report data: The information collected from such an instrument.
- The study's conclusions were based on self-report data from the inventory.
A person completes a self-report inventory by marking boxes on a questionnaire.
- a personality inventory in which a person is asked which of a list of traits and characteristics describe her or him or to indicate which behaviors and hypothetical choices he or she would make