Personality traits measured by the emotions profile index (epi): Preliminary norms for high school students

Abstract

The main goal of this study is to find answers to the following question: can the EPI results be interpreted at the level of personality traits, without their conversion to the dimensions of primary emotions? The paper introduces a new, efficient and easy-to-use method of scoring and interpreting the EPI results. The norms were calculated on the sample of 807 high school students, and presented as distributions of 12 EPI personality traits. We have presented the z-value distributions for male and female respondents that can serve as preliminary norms based on which raw scores can be transformed to standardized scores. This method of scoring allows the interpretation of a larger number of different mutual combinations of personality traits beyond the limitations of the scoring protocol. The paper also analyzes the structure of the BIAS scale, and provides guidance for identifying and interpreting the dissimulative profiles. The basic guidelines for the analysis and interpretation of the results at the level of the profile are also presented.