IPIP-NEO-60 Personality Inventory
A 60-item public-domain IPIP measure of the five major domains of personality — Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness — and the thirty narrower facets beneath them (two items each). Reports five broad domain scores together with a fine-grained facet profile.
At a glance
Detailed write-up pending
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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
Item responses are summed within each scale (reverse-keyed items recoded first) and expressed as a population percentile against the cited reference sample, with a reliability-based confidence range where α is published.
Psychometrics & norms
| Scale | M | SD | N | α | Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuroticism | 29.18 | 7.33 | 570 | 0.79 | summed raw |
| Anxiety | 5.73 | 1.93 | 600 | 0.60 | summed raw |
| Anger | 4.60 | 1.96 | 795 | 0.70 | summed raw |
| Depression | 4.00 | 1.92 | 673 | 0.70 | summed raw |
| Self-Consciousness | 5.03 | 1.91 | 795 | 0.51 | summed raw |
| Immoderation | 5.10 | 1.93 | 673 | 0.60 | summed raw |
| Vulnerability | 4.69 | 1.76 | 626 | 0.68 | summed raw |
| Extraversion | 42.06 | 6.68 | 795 | 0.75 | summed raw |
| Friendliness | 7.55 | 1.72 | 795 | 0.61 | summed raw |
| Gregariousness | 5.53 | 2.15 | 795 | 0.57 | summed raw |
| Assertiveness | 6.79 | 1.84 | 795 | 0.69 | summed raw |
| Activity Level | 7.09 | 1.97 | 795 | 0.71 | summed raw |
| Excitement-Seeking | 7.07 | 1.77 | 795 | 0.57 | summed raw |
| Cheerfulness | 8.02 | 1.53 | 795 | 0.58 | summed raw |
| Openness to Experience | 40.89 | 7.48 | 600 | 0.76 | summed raw |
| Artistic Interests | 8.08 | 1.96 | 673 | 0.82 | summed raw |
| Emotionality | 6.66 | 1.89 | 673 | 0.67 | summed raw |
| Adventurousness | 5.76 | 1.76 | 600 | 0.51 | summed raw |
| Intellect | 7.17 | 2.13 | 673 | 0.77 | summed raw |
| Liberalism | 6.31 | 2.65 | 673 | 0.64 | summed raw |
| Agreeableness | 48.00 | 5.20 | 570 | 0.68 | summed raw |
| Trust | 7.55 | 1.51 | 795 | 0.67 | summed raw |
| Sympathy | 7.63 | 1.72 | 626 | 0.53 | summed raw |
| Conscientiousness | 48.62 | 5.38 | 647 | 0.71 | summed raw |
| Self-Efficacy | 7.98 | 1.28 | 795 | 0.50 | summed raw |
| Orderliness | 7.31 | 2.01 | 795 | 0.59 | summed raw |
| Cautiousness | 8.04 | 1.53 | 795 | 0.55 | summed raw |
Norms computed from the Eugene-Springfield Community Sample (ESCS) — Lewis R. Goldberg’s adult community panel from Eugene and Springfield, Oregon (Harvard Dataverse, doi:10.7910/DVN/UF52WY). This is a community sample and is NOT nationally representative. The mean, standard deviation, reference N and Cronbach’s α were computed directly from the raw IPIP item-level responses on THIS scale’s exact item set and reverse-keying (complete cases); reference N varies by scale and is shown with each scale below. The confidence range uses the standard error of measurement (SEM = SD·√(1−α)) from that computed α.
Source & citation
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).