title: Swedish Universities Scales of Personality
text: # Swedish Universities Scales of Personality
  
  Swedish Universities Scales of Personality (SSP) is a personality test based on the older Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP). It is originally in Swedish but has been translated to English. The personality profile is presented in t-score (mean 50 and standard deviation 10). Both the SSP questionnaire and the scoring algorithm is free of charge.
  
  ## Personality dimensions
  
  SSP includes 91 items and yields 13 personality scales:
  
  * Somatic trait anxiety
  * Psychic trait anxiety
  * Stress susceptibility
  * Lack of assertiveness
  * Impulsiveness
  * Adventure Seeking
  * Detachment
  * Social Desirability
  * Embitterment
  * Trait Irritability
  * Mistrust
  * Verbal trait aggression
  * Physical trait aggression
  