For research and practical purposes esp. in professional (selection) and educational counselling; it allows most of all to predict the functioning of examinees in difficult situations.  

Reliability

Satisfactory internal consistency and stability.

Validity

Demonstrated by the correlation of the PTS scores with scores on other temperament and personality measures, by the research on genetic conditions of features measured on the PTS and by factor analyses.

Norms

S-ten norms for six age groups (15–19, 20–29, 30–39, 40–49, 50–59 and 60–80 years) gender specific and based on the study using the sample of over 4000 persons.

The test is also available as an online examination on the Epsilon Platform and as an option for entering and calculating scores from the paper-and-pencil version on the Epsilon Platform.