International Personality Item Pool Representation of the NEO Personality Inventory, 60 items (IPIP-NEO-60)
The IPIP-NEO-60 uses 60 statements from the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) to assess 30 named scales.
A compact Five-Factor Model inventory covering five domains and thirty facets—public-domain IPIP statements representing the NEO PI-R hierarchy.
You learn your five broad traits with a look at the facets underneath.
For anyone who wants a quicker five-trait profile that still shows facet detail.
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It comes from personality research on a streamlined version of the five-trait model.
What this test is
Welcome. The IPIP-NEO-60 uses 60 statements from the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) to assess 30 named scales.
A compact Five-Factor Model inventory covering five domains and thirty facets—public-domain IPIP statements representing the NEO PI-R hierarchy.
The measure
The International Personality Item Pool Representation of the NEO Personality Inventory, 60 items (IPIP-NEO-60) was developed by Maples-Keller and colleagues (2017). It has 60 items, each answered on a 5-point (Very Inaccurate … Very Accurate) scale. Its scores cover 30 separate scales.
Maples-Keller, J. L., Williamson, R. L., Sleep, C. E., Carter, N. T., Campbell, W. K., & Miller, J. D. (2017). Using item response theory to develop a 60-item representation of the NEO-PI-R: The IPIP-NEO-60. Journal of Personality Assessment. Items drawn from the public-domain International Personality Item Pool (Goldberg et al., 2006; ipip.ori.org).
At a glance
What it measures
The IPIP-NEO-60 covers the same ground as the longer five-domain inventories in half the time. Its five domains are Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness, and each is represented through six facets, from Anxiety and Anger to Self-Discipline and Cautiousness. Two statements stand for each facet, such as worrying about things or carrying out plans, so that the full breadth of each domain is sampled even in a short form.
The facet structure follows the Revised NEO Personality Inventory of Costa and McCrae (1992), and the items come from the public-domain International Personality Item Pool (IPIP; Goldberg, 1999). Maples-Keller and colleagues (2017) used item response theory to choose the sixty items from the 120-item form of Johnson (2014), selecting those that carried the most information about each facet.
Domain scores are the most dependable part of the report and should be read first; facet scores, each based on two items, give a rougher indication of where within a domain a person's tendencies lie. Higher scores describe a stronger, more consistent version of a tendency, and lower scores describe the opposite pole rather than a deficit.
The short form is used when time is limited but some facet detail is still wanted, in research and in counseling. On this site, the IPIP-NEO-120 gives more dependable facet scores, the Mini-IPIP covers the five domains in twenty items, and the Big Five Aspect Scales (BFAS) describe two aspects within each domain.
Nomological network
Discriminantly/factorially, the five-domain structure of the FFM was retained. Scores are not commercial NEO PI-R scores.
This site’s International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) form
This version uses public-domain items from the International Personality Item Pool (Goldberg et al., 2006) keyed to the same dimensions.
Validity evidence
Facet and domain scales show good convergent validity with the NEO PI-R (mean facet r ≈ .63), confirming that the abbreviated 2-item facet format retains meaningful signal despite brevity. The five-domain structure replicates the standard Big Five model (Maples-Keller et al., 2019).
Subscales
Anxiety 2 items
how readily you feel worry, tension, or nervousness
Anger 2 items
how easily you feel frustration or irritation when things go wrong
Depression 2 items
how prone you are to low mood, discouragement, or feeling down
Self-Consciousness 2 items
how sensitive you are to others' opinions and to feeling awkward or embarrassed
Immoderation 2 items
how strongly you feel and act on urges and cravings
Vulnerability 2 items
how you cope when under stress and pressure
Friendliness 2 items
how warm and openly affectionate you are with others
Gregariousness 2 items
how much you enjoy the company of others and busy settings
Assertiveness 2 items
how readily you speak up, take charge, and lead
Activity Level 2 items
your pace of living and how busy you like to be
Excitement-Seeking 2 items
how much you crave stimulation, novelty, and excitement
Cheerfulness 2 items
how readily you feel joy, enthusiasm, and high spirits
Imagination 2 items
how vivid and active your fantasy life and imagination are
Artistic Interests 2 items
how much you appreciate art, beauty, and aesthetic experience
Emotionality 2 items
how aware of and attuned to your own feelings you are
Adventurousness 2 items
how willing you are to try new activities and embrace change
Intellect 2 items
how much you enjoy abstract ideas and intellectual challenge
Liberalism 2 items
how ready you are to question tradition, authority, and convention
Trust 2 items
how much you assume others are honest and well-intentioned
Morality 2 items
how frank and sincere you are versus guarded or strategic
Altruism 2 items
how willing you are to help others and put their needs first
Cooperation 2 items
how readily you compromise to avoid conflict
Modesty 2 items
how humble and unassuming you are about yourself
Sympathy 2 items
how tender-hearted and moved by others' needs you are
Self-Efficacy 2 items
how capable and effective you feel at handling tasks
Orderliness 2 items
how neat, organized, and methodical you are
Dutifulness 2 items
how strongly you feel bound by obligations and rules
Achievement-Striving 2 items
how driven you are to set high goals and work hard
Self-Discipline 2 items
how well you start tasks and see them through despite distractions
Cautiousness 2 items
how much you think before you act
Example item
“Worry about things.”
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.
Related measures
Common questions
Is this the commercial NEO PI-R?
No.
How well does it match longer FFM inventories?
Its nomological network matched the NEO-FFI at r_ICC = .96 across external criteria (Maples-Keller et al., 2019).
References
- Costa, P. T., Jr., & McCrae, R. R. (1992). Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) and NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) professional manual. Psychological Assessment Resources.
- McCrae, R. R., & Costa, P. T., Jr. (1987). Validation of the five-factor model of personality across instruments and observers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52(1), 81–90.
- Goldberg, L. R. (1999). A broad-bandwidth, public domain, personality inventory measuring the lower-level facets of several five-factor models. In I. Mervielde, I. Deary, F. De Fruyt, & F. Ostendorf (Eds.), Personality Psychology in Europe (Vol. 7, pp. 7–28). Tilburg University Press.
- Maples-Keller, J. L., Williamson, R. L., Sleep, C. E., Carter, N. T., Campbell, W. K., & Miller, J. D. (2019). Using item response theory to develop a 60-item representation of the NEO PI-R using the International Personality Item Pool: Development of the IPIP-NEO-60. Journal of Personality Assessment, 101(1), 4–15.
- Goldberg, L. R., Johnson, J. A., Eber, H. W., Hogan, R., Ashton, M. C., Cloninger, C. R., & Gough, H. G. (2006). The International Personality Item Pool and the future of public-domain personality measures. Journal of Research in Personality, 40(1), 84–96.
Sample report preview
The report opens with a profile of your scores on each of the 30 scales, drawn on a common scale so the highest and lowest areas stand out. Each one then receives a short plain-language explanation of what a higher or lower standing describes. It closes with guidance on reading the results and on the limits of self-report.
| Section | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Subscale scores | Your score on each of the 30 subscales. |
| Comparisons | How your scores compare with a published comparison group. |
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