16PF Adolescent Personality Questionnaire
 The APQ is a self-report personality inventory that was specifically developed and normed for adolescents. It elicits valuable information regarding the youth's personal style, problem-solving abilities, preferred work activities, and areas where the youth is having problems, making the APQ appropriate for screening and for introducing sensitive topics in a counseling situation.
The test includes four sections:
- Your Personal Style (normal personality items)
- Problem Solving (a short measure of general reasoning ability)
- Work Activity Preferences (measures six career-interest variables), and
- Life's Difficulties (optional questions concerning matters of sex, aggression, significant low mood, low sense of self, etc.).
The APQ is useful in situations where personality is relevant - educational adjustment, personal or social difficulty, and passage through one's developmental tasks. The Work Activity Preferences section is particularly helpful with career exploration. In addition, the normal personality section (Your Personal Style) and the Work Activity section help professionals adjust their approach to the characteristics of the young person.
The optional Life's Difficulties section is set off from the other three sections with a page that instructs respondent's to proceed only if specifically instructed to do so by the test administrator. The decision as to whether or not to include this section is left up to the administrator. However, this section must be included if the APQ Psychological Report is desired. (The APQ Guidance Report can be generated from item responses to the first 3 sections of the APQ.)
Two interpretive reports are available from this questionnaire - the APQ Guidance Report and the APQ Psychological Report. (The Life's Difficulties section must be completed to generate the APQ Psychological Report.) |