Abstract
As part of a prospective study of recovery from glandular fever, over 200 primary care patients were asked to complete the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and Bortner's Type A scale. Ratings of their personality were also obtained from their nearest relative (usually the opposite sex parent) who was asked to complete the questionnaires as though they were the subject. These observers scored the EPQ lie scale significantly higher than did the subjects ( P<0.001). But with this exception, the mean scores obtained by the two methods were remarkably similar. Uncorrected correlations between the two sets of ratings were in the range 0.29 to 0.57. This provides evidence supporting the validity of the main EPQ scales and Bortner's Type A scale through the little-used technique of obtaining observer (informant) ratings of personality.
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