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Acceptance of Trait-Descriptive Ver sus "Medical Model" Oriented Feedback Statements
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Balance, William D. G.; And Others – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Diagnostic Tests, Feedback
Construct Validity for Blacks of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.
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Brown, Michael T.; Duren, Paula S. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1988
Employed confirmatory and exploratory factor analytic methods to test the hypothesis that Spielberger's revised four-factor model of anxiety was valid for characterizing the anxiety of Blacks. Administered the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory to 182 Black adults. Confirmed the state-trait assertion, but not the four-factor model of anxiety-present…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Blacks, Factor Analysis, Personality Measures
A Five-Year Follow-Up Study of the Self-Concept of Creative Adolescents
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Schaefer, Charles E. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1973
Descriptors: Adolescents, Creativity, Followup Studies, Personality Development
Efficient Assessment of the Five-Factor Model of Personality: Structural Validity Analyses of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (Form S).
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Tokar, David M.; Fischer, Ann R.; Snell, Andrea F.; Harik-Williams, Nahla – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1999
Results of confirmatory and exploratory analyses of 485 nonstudent adults' (N=485) responses to the NEO Five-Factor Inventory indicate that a six-factor model best fit the data. Results show some empirical justification for using the NEO Five-Factor Inventory to assess clients' and research participants' core personality traits. (Author/MKA)
Descriptors: Adults, Data Analysis, Factor Analysis, Models
Acceptance of Bogus Personality Interpretations: Face Validity Reconsidered.
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Jackson, Donald E.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Tested college students (N=153) with one of four personality tests differing in face validity. Subjects received either a bogus interpretation (Barnum) or negative interpretation (Prosecuting Attorney). Barnum feedback was judged more accurate and likeable. Females had higher accuracy scores. Results confirmed findings relative to face validity…
Descriptors: College Students, Credibility, Feedback, Higher Education
Factor Structure of the Dogmatism Scale
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Pedhazur, Elazar J. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, Difficulty Level, Dogmatism, Factor Analysis
Stylistic Response Variance and Trait Inference From the Study of Values
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Abbott, Robert D. – Psychological Reports, 1970
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Factor Analysis, Individual Differences
Evaluation of a Measure of Self-Esteem Based on the Concept of Unconditional Self-Regard.
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Betz, Nancy E.; And Others – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1995
Evaluates a measure of unconditional self-regard (USR) in four theories. Results indicated that USR was highly reliable and was strongly related to other measures of self-esteem and negatively related to depression, anxiety, and symptoms of psychological distress. Evidence for discriminant validity was provided by findings that USR was unrelated…
Descriptors: College Students, Evaluation, Higher Education, Personality Measures
The Meaning of Developmental Status for College Freshmen.
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Sage, Ellis H. – 1970
This is a report on further construct validation of the Sage Developmental Scales for the late adolescent period which intends to make these scales more useful to counselors of college freshmen. This study is also a further step in clarifying the dimensions measured by the Developmental Scales through the use of trait adjectives. It was…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Counseling, Development, Individual Characteristics
Using the Barnum Effect To Teach Ethics in Research.
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Beins, Bernard C. – 1991
The Barnum Effect was generated to teach students about the ethics of deception in research and the feelings of subjects who are deceived. The Barnum Effect occurs when individuals are duped into believing invalid results of psychological tests. People are most accepting when given favorable feedback about themselves. They interpret evaluations as…
Descriptors: College Students, Deception, Ethical Instruction, Ethics