Personality Constructs and Measures
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| Title: | Personality Constructs and Measures |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Teglasi, Hedwig, Simcox, April G., Kim, Na-Young |
| Source: | Psychology in the Schools. Mar 2007 44(3):215-228. |
| Availability: | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Subscription Department, 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774. Tel: 800-825-7550; Tel: 201-748-6645; Fax: 201-748-6021; e-mail: subinfo@wiley.com; Web site: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/browse/?type=JOURNAL |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2007 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Personality, Validity, Construct Validity, Personality Measures, Individual Differences, Item Analysis, Psychology, Measures (Individuals) |
| DOI: | 10.1002/pits.20218 |
| ISSN: | 0033-3085 |
| Abstract: | A psychological construct, such as personality, is an abstraction that is not directly seen but inferred through observed regularities in cognitive, affective, and behavioral responses in various settings. Two assumptions give meaning to the idea of construct validity. First, constructs represent real phenomena that exist apart from the potential ways in which they are measured. Second, constructs have a causal relation to their measures (see D. Boorsboom, G.J. Mellenbergh, & J. van Heerden, 2004). According to these twin assumptions, variation in a construct such as personality or intelligence "causes" individual differences in responses to items on measures; it also accounts for performance in real life settings. An alternative perspective equates a construct with the operation used for its measurement (M. Friedman, 1991) without a presumption of causality. This article elaborates on the implications of different assumptions about measurement, "operation-referenced" and "construct-referenced," for advancing the science and practice of psychology. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Number of References: | 68 |
| Entry Date: | 2007 |
| Accession Number: | EJ761960 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | A psychological construct, such as personality, is an abstraction that is not directly seen but inferred through observed regularities in cognitive, affective, and behavioral responses in various settings. Two assumptions give meaning to the idea of construct validity. First, constructs represent real phenomena that exist apart from the potential ways in which they are measured. Second, constructs have a causal relation to their measures (see D. Boorsboom, G.J. Mellenbergh, & J. van Heerden, 2004). According to these twin assumptions, variation in a construct such as personality or intelligence "causes" individual differences in responses to items on measures; it also accounts for performance in real life settings. An alternative perspective equates a construct with the operation used for its measurement (M. Friedman, 1991) without a presumption of causality. This article elaborates on the implications of different assumptions about measurement, "operation-referenced" and "construct-referenced," for advancing the science and practice of psychology. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) |
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| ISSN: | 0033-3085 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/pits.20218 |
