The
IPIP Interpersonal Circumplex
On this page, there are phrases describing people's behaviors.
Please use the rating scale below to describe how accurately each statement
describes you. 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 gender as you are, and roughly your same
age. Please read each statement carefully, and then fill in the number that
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1 Very inaccurate |
2 Moderately inaccurate |
3 Neither inaccurate nor accurate |
4 Moderately accurate |
5 Very accurate |
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1. |
Am quiet around
strangers |
О |
О |
О |
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2. |
Speak softly |
О |
О |
О |
О |
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3. |
Tolerate a lot from
others |
О |
О |
О |
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4. |
Am interested in
people |
О |
О |
О |
О |
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5. |
Feel comfortable
around people |
О |
О |
О |
О |
О |
6. |
Demand to be the
center of interest |
О |
О |
О |
О |
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7. |
Cut others to pieces |
О |
О |
О |
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8. |
Believe people
should fend for themselves |
О |
О |
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9. |
Am a very private
person |
О |
О |
О |
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О |
10. |
Let others finish
what they are saying |
О |
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О |
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11. |
Take things as they
come |
О |
О |
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12. |
Reassure others |
О |
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13. |
Start conversations |
О |
О |
О |
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14. |
Do most of the
talking
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О |
О |
О |
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15. |
Contradict others |
О |
О |
О |
О |
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16. |
Don't fall for
sob-stories |
О |
О |
О |
О |
О |
17. |
Don't talk a lot |
О |
О |
О |
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18. |
Seldom toot my own
horn |
О |
О |
О |
О |
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19. |
Think of others
first |
О |
О |
О |
О |
О |
20. |
Inquire about
others' well-being |
О |
О |
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О |
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21. |
Talk to a lot of
different people at parties |
О |
О |
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22. |
Speak loudly |
О |
О |
О |
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23. |
Snap at people |
О |
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О |
О |
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24. |
Don't put a lot of
thought into things |
О |
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25. |
Have little to say |
О |
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26. |
Dislike being the
center of attention |
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27. |
Seldom stretch the
truth |
О |
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28. |
Get along well with
others |
О |
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29. |
Love large parties |
О |
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О |
30. |
Demand attention |
О |
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31. |
Have a sharp tongue |
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32. |
Am not interested in
other people's problems |
О |
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О |
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Markey,
P. M., & Markey, C. N. (2009). A brief assessment of the interpersonal circumplex: The IPIP-IPC. Assessment, 16, 352-361.
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