Description
Purpose: TAPP – R2 assesses wheth- er a person possesses the hallmark behavioral characteristics of the Type A Personality.
Number of questions: 73
Estimated completion time: 15 minutes
Recommended age level: 18+
Factors and Scales
Overall Score plus 2 subfactors, divided into 7 scales:
- Achievement Striving: Assesses the manner in which a person strives to achieve his/her goals.
- Impatience/Irritability: Assesses the manner in which a person comports himself/herself with others.
- Competitiveness: Tendency to compete even in non-competitive situations.
- Drive: Tendency to exhibit an aggressive concern or longing for success.
- Perfectionism: Tendency to be overly critical and/or demanding of self and/or others.
- Hostility: Tendency to engage in conflict, opposition, and resistance in thought, principle or action, and to display outbursts of frustration.
- Time Urgency: State of being hurried and under pressure, as well as an inclination to be impatient.
- Tough-mindedness: Tendency to be cold or unfeeling as well as rigid in thought and con- duct; a discomfort in expression of emotion.
- Reward Orientation: Tendency to be motivated by external incentives