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The NEO-FFI-3™ (Normative Update) is a shorter, 60-item version of the NEO-PI-3™ (Normative Update) that measures the five main dimensions of personality: Agreeableness (A), Conscientiousness (C), Neuroticism (N), Extraversion (E), and Openness to Experience (O) without assessing the individual facets, allowing for a quick assessment of personality to use with your clients.
If you have any questions about older versions of the NEO Inventories? Visit the FAQ section below.
Looking for older (legacy) versions of the NEO Inventories?
Contact PAR Customer Support to get information on the NEO PI-R, NEO-4, and legacy versions of the NEO-PI-3 and NEO-FFI-3.
Where can I find the content from the NEO FFI-3 legacy components?
The table below displays where the information contained in the NEO-FFI-3 legacy components can be found in the NEO-FFI-3 (Normative Update) components.
What do I do with my NEO FFI-3 legacy inventory?
If you have NEO FFI-3 legacy digital inventory (i-Admins, Score Reports, Interpretive Reports) you can continue to use it until your inventory is depleted, without needing to immediately transition to the normative update. When your legacy inventory runs out, purchase the normative update version that meets your needs.
The process of assigning and administering assessments is the same for the legacy version and normative update version. You will follow the same steps on PARiConnect to assign assessments, administer the NEO, and generate reports.
If you have print inventory for the legacy version of the NEO FFI-3 you can continue to use them until your inventory runs out, however, we encourage you to score via PARiConnect to benefit from the updated normative sample.
The normative update for the NEO-FFI-3 was collected in 2024. This sample included 1,855 individuals aged 12 and above for the Self-Report Form and 1,200 individuals for the Informant Report Form.
The NEO-FFI-3 (Normative Update) demonstrates a high level of internal consistency across the total sample. Cronbach's alpha values for the five domains range from 0.72 to 0.87 for the Self-Report Form and 0.73-0.90 for the Informant Report Form.
Retest reliability for the NEO-FFI-3 (Normative Update) is stable across the total sample, with intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) for the five domains ranging from 0.79 to 0.91 for the Self-Report Form and 0.82 to 0.94 for the Informant Report Form.