[Context] Although software development is an inherently human activity, research in software engineering (SE) has long focused mostly on processes and tools, failing to recall about the human factors behind. Even when explored, researchers typically do not properly use psychology background to better understand human factors in SE, such as the psychometric instruments, which aim to measure human factors. [Objective] Our goal is to provide a critical review on the use of psychometric instruments in SE research regarding personality. [Method] We present a two-step study. First, a systematic mapping of the literature in order to generate a catalog of the psychometric instruments used; second, a preliminary survey to be conducted with social sciences researchers to assess their adoption in SE research. [Results and Conclusion] The results so far are quite initial. The next steps direct us to finish the data extraction to finalize the catalog (systematic mapping) and to refine the survey design and apply it with social sciences researchers.

翻译：虽然软件开发是一项固有的人类活动,但软件工程研究(SE)长期以来主要侧重于过程和工具,未能回顾背后的人类因素。即使进行了探索,研究人员通常也不适当地利用心理学背景来更好地了解SE中的人的因素,例如旨在衡量人的因素的心理测量仪器。[目标]我们的目标是对SE个人研究中使用心理测量仪器的情况进行批判性审查。[方法]我们提出一个两步研究。首先,系统绘制文献图,以便生成所使用的心理测量仪器目录;其次,与社会科学研究人员进行初步调查,以评估其在SE研究中的采用情况。 [Results和结论]迄今为止,结果还相当初步。下一步是完成数据提取工作,以完成分类(系统绘图),并改进调查设计,并将其应用于社会科学研究人员。