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The Newcastle Personality Assessor is a brief tool that uses a small number of validated statements to assess the Big Five personality traits. Despite being short, it correlates highly with longer assessments. This makes it a useful initial tool for assessing personality traits, particularly in contexts where longer assessments may not hold attention. The document then provides the NPA self-assessment, which includes 12 questions to assess personality traits on a Likert scale. It concludes by explaining how scores on extraversion, emotional stability, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness are calculated and interpreted.

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The Newcastle Personality Assessor NPA

The Newcastle Personality Assessor is a brief tool that uses a small number of validated statements to assess the Big Five personality traits. Despite being short, it correlates highly with longer assessments. This makes it a useful initial tool for assessing personality traits, particularly in contexts where longer assessments may not hold attention. The document then provides the NPA self-assessment, which includes 12 questions to assess personality traits on a Likert scale. It concludes by explaining how scores on extraversion, emotional stability, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness are calculated and interpreted.

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Newcastle Personality Assessor (NPA)*

*The Newcastle Personality Assessor (developed by Daniel Nettle) is a brief tool for assessing the Big Five. While a longer questionnaire will
undoubtedly produce even more accurate results. Nettle has developed the NPA by carefully selecting and validating a small number of
statements which when tested correlate highly with longer tools. So despite the short assessment the results are pretty helpful. This makes it a
great initial tool to use with young people where attention spans may wane quickly!

How Accurately Can You Describe Yourself?


Describe yourself as you generally are now, not as you wish to be in the future. Describe yourself as you honestly
see yourself, in relation to other people you know of the same sex as you are, and roughly the same age as you.

1. Starting a conversation with a stranger.


Very unlike me Somewhat unlike me Neither like Somewhat like me Very like me
or unlike me

2. Making sure others are comfortable and happy.


Very unlike me Somewhat unlike me Neither like Somewhat like me Very like me
or unlike me

3. Creating an artwork, piece of writing, or piece of music.


Very unlike me Somewhat unlike me Neither like Somewhat like me Very like me
or unlike me

4. Preparing for things well in advance.


Very unlike me Somewhat unlike me Neither like Somewhat like me Very like me
or unlike me

5. Feeling blue or depressed.


Very unlike me Somewhat unlike me Neither like Somewhat like me Very like me
or unlike me

6. Planning parties or social events.


Very unlike me Somewhat unlike me Neither like Somewhat like me Very like me
or unlike me

7. Insulting people.
Very unlike me Somewhat unlike me Neither like Somewhat like me Very like me
or unlike me

8. Thinking about philosophical or spiritual questions.


Very unlike me Somewhat unlike me Neither like Somewhat like me Very like me
or unlike me

9. Letting things get into a mess.


Very unlike me Somewhat unlike me Neither like Somewhat like me Very like me
or unlike me

10. Feeling stressed or worried.


Very unlike me Somewhat unlike me Neither like Somewhat like me Very like me
or unlike me

11. Using difficult words.


Very unlike me Somewhat unlike me Neither like Somewhat like me Very like me
or unlike me

12. Sympathising with others feelings.


Very unlike me Somewhat unlike me Neither like Somewhat like me Very like me
or unlike me

take aim
Calculating and Interpreting Your Scores

Your Results

Your Score Low Low-Medium Medium-High High


Extraversion 0 2-4 5-6 7-8 9-10

Emotional Stability 0 2-4 5-6 7-8 9-10

Conscientiousness 0 2-4 5-6 7-8 9-10

Agreeableness 0 3-10 11-12 13 14-15

Openness/Creativity 0 3-8 9-10 11-12 13-15

Source:

Nettle, D, (2007). Personality What Makes you the Way you Are? Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

take aim

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