The Woodworth Personal Data Sheet, sometimes known as the Woodworth Psychoneurotic Inventory, was a personality test, commonly cited as the first personality test,[1] developed by Robert S. Woodworth during World War I for the United States Army. It was published in 1918[2] and it was developed to screen recruits for shell shock risk but was not completed in time to be used for this purpose.[3] It instead became widely used in psychological research and led to the development of many other personality tests.[3] It has been described as "the linear ancestor of all subsequent personality inventories, schedules and questionnaires".[4]
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- ^ Woodworth, R.S. (1918). "Woodworth Psychoneurotic Inventory". APA PsycTests. doi:10.1037/t01166-000.
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- ^ Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Personality and Behavior. p. 7.