The Personal Styles Inventory (PSI-120) was developed with the purpose of assessing individual behaviors in both clinical and non-clinical contexts. Measures your overall personality and that in specific areas of your life (Educational and Psychological Consultants, Inc.). Consultants can use the PSI-120 in professional consulting, general consulting, and organizational consulting services to identify any areas that may need attention. Applications of counseling, as discussed in Kunce, Cope, and Newton's Personal Styles Inventory, are: improving self-awareness, identifying sources of stress, career counseling, understanding interpersonal relationships, providing individualized counseling and interventions (Kunce, Cope and Newton, 1991). This test is intended for adults aged 16 and over and measures three main aspects of personality: emotions, action and thinking (Medway & Smith, 1999). The PSI has scales to measure eight emotional styles, eight activity styles, and eight cognitive styles. This test can be used in individual or group settings. As explained in the Personal Styles Inventory, the inventory uses a circumplex format to integrate data on personality characteristics in relation to two basic bipolar dimensions: (a) extraversion versus introversion and (b) the need for stability versus change. Style scores only indicate the strength of a characteristic; scores are not related to either mental health or psychopathology (Kunce, Cope, & Newton, 1991). Both Medway and Smith identified a lack of diversity in the regular group and suggested that future research should include a wider range of participants from more demographics considering that current research is based solely on college students. Acco...... middle of paper ......iver, NJ: The Merrill Counseling Series.Educational & Psychological Consultants, Inc. (n.d.). Retrieved February 21, 2014, from The Personal Styles Inventory: http://new.epc-psi.com/homeKunce, J.T., Cope, C.S., & Newton, R.M. (1991). Inventory of personal styles. Journal of Counseling & Development, 70 (November/December), 334-341. Medway, F., & Smith, J. (1999). Personal Styles Inventory Review Test. The Fifteenth Yearbook of Mental Measurements [electronic version](17). Retrieved from the online database of the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements Yearbook.Shahar, G. (2006). An investigation of the perfectionism/self-criticism domain of the Personal Styles Inventory. Cogn Ther Res.Sturman, E.D., Mongrain, M., & Kohn, P.M. (2006). Attributional style as a predictor of hopeless depression. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly, 20(4), 447-457.