GZTS (Guilford Zimmerman Temperament Survey), Pearson: temperament, personality, psychological testing

GZTS (Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey)

Authors: J. P. Guilford, PhD, and Wayne S. Zimmerman, PhD

The Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey provides a nonclinical description of an individual's personality characteristics for use in career planning, counseling, and research.

The GZTS inventory is used by organizational psychologists, personnel professionals, clinical psychologists, and counseling professionals in mental health facilities, businesses, and educational settings to help:

Measure attributes related to personality and temperament that might help predict successful performance in various occupations.

Identify students who may have trouble adjusting to school and the types of problems that may occur.

Assess temperamental trends that may be the source of problems and conflicts in marriage or other relationships.

Provide objective personality information to complement other data that may assist with personnel selection, placement, and development.

Quick Facts

Qualification Level	3
Administer To	Individuals 16 years and older
Reading Level	8th grade
Completion Time	30–60 minutes (300 self-descriptive statements)
Formats	Paper-and-pencil or computer administration
Report Option	Interpretive Report
Scoring Options	Q™ Local Software Mail-in Scoring Service Optical Scan Scoring
Scales	10 personality and temperament factors
Norms	Nonclinical—adults, college students, high school students

Scales

Symptom Scales
G - General Activity
R - Restraint
A - Ascendance
S - Sociability
E - Emotional Stability
O - Objectivity
F - Friendliness
T - Thoughtfulness
P - Personal Relations
M - Masculinity

Norms

Norms for the GZTS instrument are based on representative samples of high school students, college students, and adults in various occupational settings.

Report Option

Interpretive Report (Product Number 51523)
Provides a narrative interpretation of test scores, including a description of specific characteristics associated with low and high scores on each of the 10 scales. The report also provides a graph that presents C scores,raw scores, nearest T scores, and centile rankings.

View a sample Interpretive Report.

Scoring Options

Q™ Local Software - Enables you to score assessments, report results, and store and export data on your computer.

Mail-in Scoring Service - Specially designed answer sheets are mailed to us for processing within 24–48 hours of receipt and returned via regular mail.

Optical Scan Scoring - Allows you to score the assessments at your site.