Tests and Questionnaires

Psychological assessment questionnaires are of two types. Those for typical psychological behaviour (normally described as ‘questionnaires’), and those for maximal performance on an examination or ability test (normally described as ‘tests’).

There is a plethora of psychological assessment questionnaires available for typical human psychological performance. These include assessments of personality, integrity, interests, motivation, values, temperament, attitude and belief.

For most (but not all) of these assessments, their use is restricted to appropriately qualified professionals. Contact your professional society for more details. Also, note that in academic settings, as access to such tests and their manuals is not freely available, published psychometric tests are not in themselves treated as peer reviewed. If a peer reviewed citation is required see the Peer Reviewed Publications pages on this website.

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Psychometric Tests authored by John Rust

Orpheus Business Personality Inventory (OBPI)

Published by The Psychometrics Centre, University of Cambridge.

• Lozado, J. A., Rust, J. & Menezes, I. G. (2019) Evidence of validity in adapting the Orpheus Business Personality Inventory in Brazil, Revista Psicologia Organizações e Trabalho, 19(2) 624-630.
• Rust, J. (1999) The discriminant validity of the big five personality traits in employment settings. Social Behaviour and Personality, 27(1), 99-108.
• Rust, J. (1998) The validation of the Orpheus minor scales in a working population. Social Behaviour and Personality, 26(4), 399-406.

Giotto

Published by Pearson Talent Lens, London.

• Rust, J. (1999) The validity of the Giotto Integrity Test. Personality and Individual Differences, 27, 755-768.

Rust Advanced Numerical Reasoning Appraisal (RANRA)

Published by Pearson Talent Lens, London.

Rust, J. (2002) Manual of the Rust Advanced Numerical Reasoning Appraisal (RANRA). The Psychological Corporation (now Pearson Vue), London.

Innovation Mindset Profile (IMP)

Contact John Rust, University of Cambridge.

Rust Inventory of Schizotypal Cognitions (RISC)

Published by The Psychometrics Centre, University of Cambridge.

• Rust, J. (1992) Schizotypal thinking among members of occult sects. Social Behaviour and Personality, 20(2), 121-129.
• Rust, J., Golombok, S. and Abram, M. (1989) Creativity and schizotypal thinking. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 150(2), 225-227.
• Feldman, J. and Rust, J. (1989) Religiosity, schizotypal thinking, and schizophrenia. Psychological Reports, 65, 587-593.
• Rust, J. and Chiu, H. (1988) Schizotypal estimators in adolescence: The concurrent validation of the RISC. Social Behaviour and Personality, 16(1), 25-31.
• Rust, J. (1988) The Rust Inventory of Schizotypal Cognitions (RISC) Schizophrenia Bulletin, 14(2), 317-322.
• Rust, J., Moncada, A. and Lepage, B. (1988) Personality dimensions through the schizophrenia borderline. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 61, 163-166.
• Rust, J. (1987) The Rust Inventory of Schizotypal Cognitions (RISC): A psychometric measure of psychoticism in the normal population. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 26(2), 151-152.

Golombok Rust Inventory of Marital State (GRIMS)

Available on this website (click on the above link for details).

• Rust, J., Bennun, I., Crowe, M. & Golombok, S. (2010) The Golombok Rust Inventory of Marital State (GRIMS): A reflection. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 25(1), 48-53.
• Rust, J., Bennun, I. Crowe, M. and Golombok, S. (1990) The GRIMS: A psychometric instrument for the assessment of marital discord. Journal of Family Therapy, 12, 45-57.
• Rust, J. and Golombok, S. (1990) Stress and marital discord: some sex differences. Stress Medicine 6, 25-27.
• Rust, J and Goldstein J. H. (1989) Humor in marital adjustment. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 2(3), 217-223.
• Rust, J., Golombok, S. and Collier, J. (1988) Marital problems and sexual dysfunction: How are they related? British Journal of Psychiatry, 152, 629-631.
• Rust, J., Golombok, S and Pickard, C. (1987) Marital problems in general practice, Sexual and Marital Therapy, 2(2), 127-130.
• Rust, J., Bennun, I., Crowe, M. and Golombok, S. (1986) The Golombok Rust Inventory of Marital State (GRIMS), Sexual and Marital Therapy, 1(1), 55-60.
• Bennun, I., Rust, J. and Golombok, S. (1985) The effects of marital therapy on sexual satisfaction. Scandinavian Journal of Behaviour Therapy, 14(2), 65-72.

Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS)

Available on this website (click on the above link for details).

• Golombok, S. and Rust, J. (1988) Diagnosis of sexual dysfunction: Relationships between DSM(III)R and the GRISS. Sexual and Marital Therapy, 3(1), 119-124.
• Rust, J. and Golombok, S. (1986) The GRISS: A psychometric instrument for the assessment of sexual dysfunction. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 15(2), 153-161.
• N’Dagua, D., Rust, J., Golombok, S. and Fenwick, P. (1986) Relationship problems in women with temporal lobe epilepsy. Sexual and Marital Therapy, 1(2), 175-177.
• Rust, J. and Golombok, S. (1985) The Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS), British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 24(1), 63-64.
• Golombok, S., Rust, J. and Pickard, C. (1984) Sexual problems encountered in general practice. British Journal of Sexual Medicine, 11, 171-175.

Preschool Activities Inventory (PSAI)

Available on this website (click on the above link for details).

• Golombok, S., Rust, J., Xervoulis, K, Golding, J and Hines, M. (2012) Continuity in sex-typed behavior from preschool to adolescence: A longitudinal population study of boys and girls aged 3 to 12 years. Archives of Sexual Behavior 41(3), 591-597.
• Golombok, S., Rust, J., Zervoulis, K., Croudace, T., Golding, J. & Hines, M. (2008) Developmental trajectories of sex-typed behaviour in boys and girls: A longitudinal population study of children aged 2.5 to 8 years. Child Development. 79(5) 1583-159.
• Iervolino, A., Hines, M., Golombok, S., Rust, J. & Plomin, R (2005) Genetic and environmental influences on sex-typed behaviour in pre-school children: A study of 2,426 same-sex twin pairs at 3 and 4 years of age. Child Development, 76(4), 826-840.
• Hines, M., Golombok, S., Rust, J., Johnston, K and Golding, J. (2002) Testosterone during pregnancy and gender-role behavior in preschool children: A longitudinal population study. Child Development. 73(6), 342-357.
• Hines, M., Johnston, K., Golombok, S., Rust, J., Stevens, M., Golding, J. and the ALSPAC study team.  (2002) Prenatal stress and gender-role behavior in girls and boys: A longitudinal population study. Hormones and Behavior.  42, 126-134.
• Rust, J., Golombok, S., Hines, M., Johnston, K., Golding, J. and the ALSPAC study team (2000) The role of brothers and sisters in gender development in preschool children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 77(4), 292-303.
• Golombok, S. and Rust, J. (1993) The measurement of gender role behavior in preschool children: A research note. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines. 34(5) 805-811.
• Golombok, S. and Rust, J. (1993) The Preschool Activities Inventory: A standardized assessment of gender role in children. Psychological Assessment, 5(2), 131-136.

Profile of Female Sexual Function (PFSF) and Brief PFSF (B-PFSF)

Current availability unknown, but click on the above link for details

• Rust, J., Derogatis, L., Rodenberg, C, Koochaki, P., Schmitt, S. and Golombok, S. (2007) Development and validation of a new screening tool for hypoactive sexual desire disorder: The Brief Profile of Female Sexual Dysfunction (B-PFSF). Gynecological Endocrinology, 23(11), 638-644.
• McHorney, C. A., Rust, J., Golombok, S., Davis, S., Bouchard, C., Brown, C., Basson, R., Sarti, C. D., Kuznicki, J., Rodenberg, C. & Derogatis, L. (2004) The Profile of Female Sexual Dysfunction (PFSF): A patient-based international psychometric instrument for the assessment of hypoactive sexual desire in oophorectomized women. Menopause, 11(4), 474-483.
• Derogatis, L, Rust, J., Golombok, S., Bouchard, C., Nachtigal, L. Rodenberg, C., Kuzniki, J. & McHorney, C. (2004) Validation of the Profile of Female Sexual Function (PFSF) in surgically and naturally menopausal women. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy. 20(1), 25-36.

Psychometric tests adapted for the UK market

Dysfunctional Tendencies Inventory (TD12)

Currently available from Pearson Clinical, France. UK standardized English translation of the Inventaire des Tendances Dysfunctionnelles (TD-12). Both translation and standardization subcontracted as a research grant to John Rust at the University of Cambridge in 2008.

Business Focused Inventory of Personality (BIP) UK Edition

Currently available (now in its 2nd Edition) from Hogrefe (UK), Oxford.

Translation into English from German of the Bochumer Inventar zur berufsbezogenen Persönlichkeitsbeschreibung (BIP). UK standardization contracted as a research grant to John Rust at City University, London in 2003.

NEO PI-R UK Edition

Currently available from Hogrefe UK, Oxford.

Anglicization and UK standardization contracted as a research grant to John Rust at City University, London in 2003.

Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal – UK Edition (WG CTA UK)

Currently available in various editions from Pearson Vue, London, and San Antonio.

Anglicization and UK standardization contracted as a research grant to John Rust at City University, London in 2001.

Note: RANRA (the Rust Advanced Numerical Reasoning Appraisal) was developed as a companion numerical assessment to the Watson Glaser – both were co-standardized.

Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQI) UK Edition

Various editions available from Multi-Health Systems (MHS), Toronto.

Anglicization and UK standardization sub-contracted to John Rust at Cambridge Assessment in 2006.