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Science-based test · Mini-IPIP

Big Five personality test

Twenty statements about what you are usually like. The Big Five is the best-tested personality model, and Mini-IPIP is its short scientific version. There are no good or bad results.

How accurately does this describe you?

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  1. Am the life of the party
  2. Sympathize with others' feelings
  3. Get chores done right away
  4. Have frequent mood swings
  5. Have a vivid imagination
  6. Talk to a lot of different people at parties
  7. Feel others' emotions
  8. Like order
  9. Get upset easily
  10. Am not interested in abstract ideas
  11. Don't talk a lot
  12. Am not really interested in others
  13. Often forget to put things back in their proper place
  14. Am relaxed most of the time
  15. Have difficulty understanding abstract ideas
  16. Keep in the background
  17. Am not interested in other people's problems
  18. Make a mess of things
  19. Seldom feel blue
  20. Do not have a good imagination

What each trait measures

  • EExtraversion: how much people and activity energise you.
  • AAgreeableness: how warm, caring and cooperative you are.
  • CConscientiousness: how organised you are and how well you follow through.
  • NNeuroticism (emotional sensitivity): how strongly you react to stress and upsets.
  • IOpenness to experience: how drawn you are to ideas, imagination and new things.

About the test

This test helps you understand how you are doing, but it is not a diagnosis. Only a doctor or psychotherapist can diagnose after a conversation.

Source: Donnellan M. B., Oswald F. L., Baird B. M., Lucas R. E. The Mini-IPIP scales: tiny-yet-effective measures of the Big Five factors of personality. Psychological Assessment, 2006, 18(2), 192-203. Items from the International Personality Item Pool (public domain). ipip.ori.org

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What does the Big Five personality test show?

Five personality traits from the best-tested model in psychology. Twenty statements about what you are usually like. The Big Five is the best-tested personality model, and Mini-IPIP is its short scientific version. There are no good or bad results.

How long does the test take?

20 questions, about 4 minutes. The result appears right away; your answers stay in your browser and are not sent anywhere.

Can the result be used as a diagnosis?

This test helps you understand how you are doing, but it is not a diagnosis. Only a doctor or psychotherapist can diagnose after a conversation.

What should I do with the result?

The result is a starting point for a conversation about yourself: what to keep and what to change. We can go through it in a first session.

Start with one conversation.

The first session is 60 minutes on Zoom: we look at what is happening and make a plan. In Ukrainian or Russian.