California Psychological Inventory (CPI)

Authors

• Cory L. Cobb, University of Central Arkansas
• Dong Xie, University of Central Arkansas
• Alexandros Maragakis, Eastern Michigan University

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2020

Department/School

Psychology

Publication Title

The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences

Abstract

The California Psychological Inventory (CPI) is a 434-item self-report measure that assesses individual personality. The CPI is one of the most widely used personality measures due to a variety of attractive properties. Specifically, the test's cross-cultural relevance, ease of comprehension, and strong predictive power make the CPI a desirable measure of individual personality. Further, the CPI possesses favorable psychometric properties compared to other personality measures and has been supported empirically across a variety of studies. Also, the cross-cultural applicability of the CPI makes it a desirable measure for a variety of ethnic and racial groups, as well as international populations.

Comments

A. Maragakis is a faculty member in EMU's Department of Psychology.

Recommended Citation

Cobb, C. L., Xie, D., & Maragakis, A. (2020). California Psychological Inventory (CPI). In B. J. Carducci & C. S. Nave (Eds.), The Wiley encyclopedia of personality and individual differences (pp. 273–277). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119547167.ch117