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Assessing the Universal Structure of Personality in Early Adolescence: The NEO-PI-R and NEO-PI-3 in 24 Cultures
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De Fruyt, Filip; De Bolle, Marleen; McCrae, Robert R.; Terracciano, Antonio; Costa, Paul T., Jr. – Assessment, 2009
The structure and psychometric characteristics of the NEO Personality Inventory-3 (NEO-PI-3), a more readable version of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R), are examined and compared with NEO-PI-R characteristics using data from college student observer ratings of 5,109 adolescents aged 12 to 17 years from 24 cultures. Replacement…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Factor Structure, Personality, Psychometrics
Constructing Personality Scales under the Assumptions of an Ideal Point Response Process: Toward Increasing the Flexibility of Personality Measures
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Chernyshenko, Oleksandr S.; Stark, Stephen; Drasgow, Fritz; Roberts, Brent W. – Psychological Assessment, 2007
The main aim of this article is to explicate why a transition to ideal point methods of scale construction is needed to advance the field of personality assessment. The study empirically demonstrated the substantive benefits of ideal point methodology as compared with the dominance framework underlying traditional methods of scale construction.…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Personality, Evaluation Methods, Validity
Early Childhood Trainees: Are They Different?
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Aveyard, Barbara – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1980
Investigates differences between early childhood trainees and primary school trainees with regard to their interpersonal orientations and behaviors. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Interpersonal Competence, Personality
Affect Regulation and Temperament in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Konstantareas, M. Mary; Stewart, Kelly – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2006
Affect regulation (AR) and temperament were examined in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). To determine AR, children were exposed to a mildly frustrating situation. Temperament was assessed by the Children's Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ). Children with ASD showed greater variability in AR and used less effective AR strategies compared to…
Descriptors: Personality, Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Child Behavior
Creation of Norms for the Purpose of Global Talent Management
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Hedricks, Cynthia A.; Robie, Chet; Harnisher, John V. – International Journal of Testing, 2008
Personality scores were used to construct three databases of global norms. The composition of the three databases varied according to percentage of cases by global region, occupational group, applicant status, and gender of the job candidate. Comparison of personality scores across the three norms databases revealed that the magnitude of the…
Descriptors: Norms, Databases, Case Studies, Cultural Differences
A Comparative Study of Mothers' Beliefs and Childrearing Behaviour: The Effect of the Child's Disability and the Mother's Educational Level
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Roskam, Isabelle – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2005
The article presents the results of a data analysis intended to examine the relationship between children's personality, maternal beliefs and childrearing behaviour and various disabilities on the one hand (mildly, moderate or severe mental handicap, sensorial handicap, developmental disabilities) and mothers' educational level on the other. Data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Early Intervention, Personality
Characteristics of Negro and White High-School Students Prior to Desegregation: A Study of Negro Students' Freedom of Choice. Final Report.
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Harootunian, Berj; Morse, Richard J. – 1968
A series of instruments designed to elicit a number of cognitive and noncognitive constructs were administered to three groups of ninth-grade students--segregated Negroes, desegregated Negroes, and whites. The Negro students had chosen their school under a freedom-of-choice plan in Kent County, Delaware; i.e., some were going to the local high…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Analysis