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Wagner Enneagram Personality Style Scales (WEPSS)
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The Enneagram model of personality posits nine personality styles, each
with a distinctive
way of viewing and responding to the world. For each person, one
style
stands out, characterizing his or her personality.
The Wagner Enneagram Personality Style Scales apply this theory in
assessing personality
type. These versatile self-report scales measure both adaptive and
maladaptive
characteristics of each of nine personality types. Used in business,
counseling, and
educational settings, the WEPSS is a useful and engaging way
to identify
interpersonal dynamics, work preferences, coping styles, values, and
teaching/learning styles. Its
applications are almost unlimited.
9 Types
The WEPSS is composed of 200 items covering 9 scales, which represent
the following personality types:
The Good Person
The Loyal Person
The Loving Person
The Joyful Person
The Effective Person
The Powerful Person
The Original Person
The Peaceful Person
The Wise Person
Each of these types is characterized by a specific outlook and response
style.
And each encompasses both "positive" and "negative" (or
"resourceful" and
"non-resourceful")
reactions and attitudes.
20 Minutes
Items are simple words or phrases. The respondent merely rates each item
on
a 5-point
scale, indicating the extent to which it "fits" him or her. The
inventory takes 20 to 40 minutes to complete, and it can be hand or
computer scored. (Computer scoring gives you a complete interpretive
report.) The WEPSS
generates a Total Score, a Resourceful
Characteristics Score, and a Non-Resourceful Characteristics Score for
each of the nine scales. Norms are
based
on a sample of nearly 1,500 individuals, ranging in age from 18 to 83.
100 Uses
In business settings, the WEPSS is an ideal way to explore communication
patterns,
decision making styles, and conflict resolution methods. It helps
explain interaction
between colleagues and supervisors who have the same
or different
personality styles.
And it also helps employees and managers
make more informed choices
about job preferences, career decisions, and
work environments.
In counseling, the WEPSS can be used to help clients
identify their
coping strategies--and alternatives that they tend to ignore. In couple,
family, and group therapy, the scales shed
light on interpersonal
dynamics and differing values.
Used in schools, the WEPSS reveals useful information about teaching and
learning styles, helping instructors identify
optimal learning strategies for each of the nine personality types.
Employees, clients, and students typically find the WEPSS an interesting
and enlightening exercise. WEPSS results have the ring of "common
sense," which makes them
easy for
people to accept and apply in various areas of their lives.
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