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Eysenck's Personality Paper

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The aim of the research conducted by Sybil B. G. Eysenck and H. J Eysenck was to measure and categorise impulsiveness, venturesomeness and empathy according to their personality dimensions (Psychoticism, Neuroticism and Extraversion). 1189 voluntary participants (402 male adults and 787 female adults) were required to fill out a 63 item questionnaire along with the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. The production of scales to be used for reliable evaluation was made possible due to the factor analysis of the questionnaire which resulted in the three factors similar to the Eysenck's personality dimensions. The scales were then positioned in the three dimensional space created by the three higher-order factors: Psychoticism, Extraversion and

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