Because everyone deserves the opportunity to learn about themselves with properly tested psychoanalytic equipment, and not just Buzzfeed quizzes. ^^
This inventory is actually one-fifth of a much longer one: the infamous Big Five inventory! You'll hear about the Big Five all the time in a personality psych class. It evaluates your personality in five dimensions: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism (remember the OCEAN~).
It would take me decades to type the whole thing out all at once, and it would probably start feeling like an exam to those who took it. ^^' So I've decided to split it up into five parts!
This week, we're doing Neuroticism: a measure of the stability of your psyche. The more neurotic you are, the more you're at risk for developing a psychological disorder, so this is actually kind of important.
Now it's time to take the quiz! Rank each statement from 1 to 5: 1=Disagree strongly, 2=Disagree somewhat, 3= Neutral, 4=Agree somewhat, 5=Agree strongly. Read very carefully~. Scoring directions are at the end.
The Big Five Inventory: Neuroticism
I see myself as someone who...
1. Is depressed, blue
2. Is relaxed, handles stress well
3. Can be tense
4. Worries a lot
5. Is emotionally stable, not easily upset
6. Can be moody
7. Remains calm in tense situations
8. Gets nervous easily
Scoring
To calculate your score, first reverse the values for Statements 2, 5, and 7 (change 1's to 5's and 4's to 2's, and vice versa). Then add the values for all 8 items, and divide by 8 to get the average.
The highest possible score is a 5, and the lowest possible is, of course, a 1. I got a 2.75, so I'm just a little below average. ^^
Source: Fetzer Institute
