IPIP-Neo Questionnaire

The IPIP-NEO in an acronym for ‘International Personality Item Pool – Neuroticism, Extraversion & Openness’ and is a personality questionnaire that assesses people on the Big Five model (Created by Costa et al.) of Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness & Neuroticism. It is a scientifically based test of personality traits, and is generally accepted worldwide as one of the more highly regarded, and accurate, personality questionnaires.

The five traits mentioned above are thought to be at varying degrees the main parts that make up a person’s personality:

Openness – The degree to which an individual is creative and imaginative or conventional and grounded.

Conscientiousness – The measurement of an individual’s ability to control their impulses.

Extraversion – The extent to which someone is out-going and enjoys interacting with the external world.

Agreeableness – The measure of social harmony, non-confrontation & cooperation that an individual may pursue.

Neuroticism – The amount of negative feelings/emotions an individual may feel.