Affiliations: Universität Freiburg, Abteilung für
Psychosomatik und Psychotherapeutische Medizin der Klinik für Psychiatrie
und Psychosomatik, Germany | Jewish General Hospital (Montreal), Institute of
Community and Family Psychiatry, Canada | McGill University, Department of Counselling
Psychology, Canada | Universität Leipzig, Klinik und Poliklinik
für Psychotherapie und Psychosomatische Medizin, Germany | Universität Leipzig, Selbständige Abteilung
fürMedizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie, Germany
Note: [] Korrespondenzadresse: Dipl.-Psych. Dr. Annett Körner,
McGill University, Department of Counselling Psychology, 3700 McTavish,
Montreal Quebec H3A 1Y2, Canada. E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: Objectives: The NEO-Five Factor Inventory by Costa and McCrae is
widely used to economically assess central personality traits as Neuroticism,
Extraversion, Openness for experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness.
But so far, no population based norms for the German version of this
questionnaire were available. The aim of this study was to provide norms for
the German NEO-FFI. Methods: The data were drawn from a national survey of the
German population (N=1.908; aged from 18 to 96 years) in November 1999. Results: Percentile ranks and stanines are reported as general standard scores
of the NEO-Five Factor Inventory as well as scores specific to age and gender. Conclusion: Population norms as references for individual scores are provided
for the well-established German NEO-FFI.
Keywords: NEO-FFI, standardization, German population, norms, Big five, personality
