Clinical instrument

Hypomanic traits: Exhibitionism

Hypomanic traits: Exhibitionism uses 12 International Personality Item Pool statements to assess Hypomanic traits: Exhibitionism.

This is a clinical instrument. It is not publicly self-administered; a clinician assigns it through a secure patient link.

You learn how much you seek attention and enjoy being noticed.

For anyone who enjoys the spotlight and wonders how much it shapes them.

It comes from mood research on attention-seeking traits linked to elevated energy.

Sample result, example data. Illustrative chart with invented scores; it does not describe any real respondent.

What this test is

Welcome. Hypomanic traits: Exhibitionism uses 12 International Personality Item Pool statements to assess Hypomanic traits: Exhibitionism.

The measure

It has 12 items, each answered on a 5-point (Very Inaccurate … Very Accurate) scale.

International Personality Item Pool (ipip.ori.org).

At a glance

Items

Response scale

5-point (Very Inaccurate … Very Accurate)

Est. time

~2 min

Access

Assigned only · no per-report charge

What it measures

Twelve statements describe a wish to be noticed and to perform: enjoying being the center of attention, liking to show off, making a dramatic entrance, telling stories for effect, and feeling energized by an audience. The scale captures the expansive, socially bold side of a hypomanic temperament.

Eckblad and Chapman (1986) described the hypomanic personality as a stable disposition toward energy, confidence and elevated mood, and their scale included social exhibitionism as one of its themes. The statements here come from the public-domain International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) and describe that theme separately.

The ratings are combined into a single score. Higher scores describe a stronger enjoyment of attention and performance; lower scores describe a more reserved, understated style. High scores are common in sociable, expressive people and do not indicate a mood disorder.

The scale is used in research on hypomanic temperament, sociability and performance. On this site, the Hypomanic Personality Scale measures the broader disposition, the Mood intensity/change scale describes its emotional side, and the Narcissism scale describes a related wish for admiration.

Validity evidence

Exhibitionism — a tendency toward attention-seeking, grandiosity, and social boldness — is a recognized component of hypomanic personality structure validated in bipolar-spectrum and personality research.

Example item

“Can play many roles convincingly.”

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Illustrative only. During administration items are presented one screen-set at a time; response-key direction is never shown to respondents.

Scoring & interpretation

Your report explains each of your scale scores in plain language.

References

Goldberg, L. R. (1999). A broad-bandwidth, public domain, personality inventory. Personality Psychology in Europe, 7, 7-28.
Eckblad, M., & Chapman, L. J. (1986). Development and validation of a scale for hypomanic personality. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 95(3), 214-222.

Sample report preview

The report shows your total score and where it falls across the range of possible scores, followed by a plain-language explanation of what scores in that region describe. Where the instrument has published interpretive bands, the report names the band and what it means. It closes with notes on how to read the result and on when a conversation with a qualified professional may be useful.

Report contents
Section	What it shows
Score	Your scale score, computed with the published scoring key.
Comparisons	How your scores compare with a published comparison group.

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