Inventory of Personality Organization, IPO

Online version of the Inventory of Personality Organization (IPO-57), a self-report measure designed to assess the three primary clinical dimensions of Otto F. Kernberg's model of personality organization: Reality Testing, Identity Diffusion, and Primitive Psychological Defenses.

Inventory of Personality Organization, IPO | form | sample

Authors: M. Lenzenweger, O. Kernberg et al. (1995)

Also available is the Inventory of Personality Organization – Revised (IPO-R), an abridged measure derived from the original IPO, designed to assess two core dimensions: Reality Testing impairments and a combined Primitive Defenses/Identity Diffusion factor.

Inventory of Personality Organization, IPO-R | form | sample

Author: D. Smits et al. (2009)

Test is provided for educational and entertainment use only. It is not intended to be a psychological advice of any kind, and come without any guarantee of accuracy or validity. Assesment is free and anonymous. You can save the direct link to your results.

References

M. F. Lenzenweger, J. F. Clarkin, O. F. Kernberg, P. A. Foelsch. The Inventory of Personality Organization: Psychometric properties, factorial composition, and criterion relations with affect, aggressive dyscontrol, psychosis proneness, and self-domains in a nonclinical sample // Psychological Assessment, 2001. 13(4)
D. J. M. Smits, R. Vermote, L. Claes, H. Vertommen. The Inventory of Personality Organization–Revised: Construction of an abridged version // European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 2009. 25(4)