William M. Lepley (1906-1977) and Clifford R. Adams (1902-1987), psychologists on the faculty of Pennsylvania State University, first published this examination of personal preferences with Science Research Associates in 1941. It sometimes was known as the Adams-Lepley Personal Audit. This edition (Form LL) appeared in 1945. The test was used at Penn State to assist in marriage counseling, and was tried in a variety of other situations before, during, and after World War II. Its nine parts test the characteristics of sociability, suggestibility, irritability, tendency to rationalization, anxiety, sexual emotional conflict, tolerance, flexibility, and worry over unsolved problems.
References:
Adams, C.R., “A New Measure of Personality,” Journal of Applied Psychology, 25, 1941, pp. 141-151
Adams, C.R. and V.O. Packard, How to Pick a Mate, Garden City, New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1946, pp. 100-123.
Adams, C.R., “Prediction of Adjustment in Marriage,” Education and Psychological Measurement, 1946, 6, pp. 185-198.
United States Army Air Forces. Aviation Psychology Research Reports, Issue 5, Government Printing Office, 1947, p. 585-588 describes the test in some detail. Given to those undergoing training as pilots, it did not predict their success.
American Psychological Association, 1962 Directory, ed. James Q. Holsopple, Washington, D.C.”: American Psychological Association, 1962, p. 4. 419.
Traxler, Arthur E. "Current Construction and Evaluation of Personality and Character Tests." Review of Educational Research, 1944, 14, no. 1, pp. 55-56.
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