TO-Z – PERSONALITY AND INTERESTS TEST*
The O-Z Test is a multidimensional inventory designed to measure personality features as well as interests.
Personality scales: self-criticism – lack of self-criticism; social attitude – asocial attitude; extraversion – intraversion; non-neurotical – neurotical; non-manic – manic; non-depressive – depressive; non-schizoid – schizoid; non-paranoid – paranoid; vegetatively stable – vegetatively unstable.
Interests scales: passion for village life – passion for city life; artisan and scientific interests; interest in accounting and administration; skill of intercoursing with other people in stores and restaurants; interest in arts, languages, literature, music; social professions.
DESCRIPTION: The test has a form of booklet including 214 statements (of which 120 refer to personality and 94 to interests) which an examinee is supposed to rate on the special answer sheet.
RELIABILITY: moderately high absolute stability
VALIDITY: diagnostic validity was checked
NORMS: for primary school students of the VIII, III and IV grades (Warsaw youth)
APPLICABILITY: in career counseling
MATERIALS:
- Questionnaire (in booklet form)
- Answer sheets (50 cop.)
*The test has been published by ERDA Publishers.