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Osler, James Edward, II – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2016
The overall aim of this paper is to provide an epistemological rational for the measurement of intentionality. The purpose of this narrative is to identify "Intentionality" as an arena of action in the dispositional learning domain can be measured using an "Intentionality Measurement Instrument" [also referred by the acronym…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Intention, Motivation, Personality
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Demir, Ilkay; Gazioglu, Esra Ismen – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2017
The first aim of this study was to explore the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Theoretical Orientation Profile Scale-Revised, and the second aim was to understand the relative influence of personal and professional variables on the choice of a guiding theoretical orientation among Turkish counselor trainees. Results showed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Counselor Training, Measures (Individuals), Test Reliability
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Lewine, Rich; Sommers, Alison; Waford, Rachel; Robertson, Catherine – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
Most current efforts to enhance critical thinking focus on skills practice and training. The empirical research from the fields of cognition and affect sciences suggest that positive mood, even when transiently induced, can have beneficial effects on cognitive flexibility and problem solving. We undertook this study to test this hypothesis in a…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Psychological Patterns, Hypothesis Testing
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Wolf, Erika J.; Harrington, Kelly M.; Miller, Mark W. – Psychological Assessment, 2011
This study evaluated the psychometric characteristics of the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (SNAP; Clark, 1996) in 280 individuals who screened positive for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The SNAP validity, trait, temperament, and personality disorder (PD) scales were compared with scales on the Brief Form of the…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Validity, Psychopathology
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Ockey, Gary – Language Learning, 2011
Drawing on current theories in personality, second-language (L2) oral ability, and psychometrics, this study investigates the extent to which self-consciousness and assertiveness are explanatory variables of L2 oral ability. Three hundred sixty first-year Japanese university students who were studying English as a foreign language participated in…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Assertiveness, Personality, Statistical Analysis
Lohman, David F. – 1977
A report by Crawford found substantial correlations between hypnotizability and various speed-of-closure measures. An attempt to replicate these correlations on the same population of university undergraduates in the present study yielded markedly lower correlations. Nonproportional sampling techniques may have spuriously inflated the earlier…
Descriptors: Ability, Aptitude, Correlation, Hypnosis