Swedish Universities Scales of Personality

Swedish Universities Scales of Personality (SSP) is a personality test based on the older Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP).^[1] It is originally in Swedish but has been translated to English. The personality profile is presented in t-score (mean 50 and standard deviation 10). Both the SSP questionnaire and the scoring algorithm is free of charge.

Personality dimensions

SSP includes 91 items and yields 13 personality scales:

• Somatic trait anxiety
• Psychic trait anxiety
• Stress susceptibility
• Lack of ascertiveness
• Impulsiveness
• Adventure Seeking
• Detachment
• Social Desirability
• Embitterment
• Trait Irritability
• Mistrust
• Verbal trait aggression
• Physical trait aggression

References

See also

• Revised NEO Personality Inventory
• Temperament and Character Inventory