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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Personality measurement"”.
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Maximizing Information: Applications of Ideal Point Modeling and Innovative Item Design to Personality Measurement
Recent research has challenged the way in which personality and attitude constructs are measured. Alternatives have been offered as to how non-cognitive responses are modeled, the mode of delivery used when administrating such scales, and the impact of technology in measuring personality. Thus, the …
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Forced-choice personality measurement to reduce faking in personnel selection: Predicting block and scale fakability
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-08-01
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Applications of Ideal Point Approaches to Scale Construction and Scoring in Personality Measurement: The Development of a Six-Faceted Measure of Conscientiousness
… First, ideal point models showed better fits to personality items. Second, the greater flexibility of ideal point model allowed utilization of greater numbers of items for scale construction. The ideal point model could readily use items located in the middle of the trait continuum, while …
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The Effect of Divulging the Intent of the Conditional Reasoning Test of Aggression to Responses
… reasoning (CR; James, 1998) system of personality measurement, items are constructed to have the appearance of a logic or reasoning test. This characteristic of CR tests is designed to combat response distortion by test takers in personality testing. The CR system was used to develop …
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Gender and the HEXACO model of personality: Meta-analysis, measurement equivalence, and specification of agency as a core construct of investment
… gender gaps in the HEXACO six-factor model of personality, on the basis of Wood and Eagly’s (2012) biosocial construction theory of sex differences. A meta-analysis conducted for Study 1 (k = 78 samples, N = 135,959) shows that women tend to be notably higher than men on Honesty-Humility (dc = …
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Personality, coping, and performance: Relationships among anxiety and impulsivity, relevant coping strategies, and performance on academic examinations
… was conducted to assess the relationships among personality, coping, and academic performance. One conceptualization of personality (Gray, 1972, 1981) suggests that the independent dimensions of anxiety and impulsivity reflect underlying neurological systems that lead individuals to be relatively …
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Considering vocational interests in adverse impact: a meta-analysis of race, cognitive ability, and vocational interests
… systems themselves (e.g., cognitive testing, personality measurement). In contrast, by using a supply-side perspective the current research proposes to incorporate vocational interests into the study of adverse impact, to help explain how people end up applying for jobs in the first place. In …
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Investigating the Effect of Student' Personality Traits Towards Improving Pair Programming's Effectiveness as a Pedagogical Tool for CS/SE Education
… that each member of a pair presents their own personality traits, numerous studies have investigated the possible effect that these traits may have upon the pair's work. However, the results of a Systematic Literature Review carried out as part of this research showed that despite existing …
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An Examinstion of Perseveration in Personality Inventory Responses
… to test the hypothesis that perseveration in personality inventories can be measured and used diagnostically. Perseveration is defined as the inability to shift or to break through an established set in order to perform a task. Possibilities of improving the method of measurement of …
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Toward a Typology of the Aggressive Personality
… of a major component of the implicit aggressive personality are described. A variety of samples (from both student and work populations) completed the Conditional Reasoning Test for Aggression (CRT-A; James, McIntyre, Glisson, Bowler, and Mitchell, 2004; James et al., 2005). Individual scores on …
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The reliability, convergence, and predictive validity of personality ratings: an other perspective.
Although personality psychology has largely been built on findings based on self-report measures, descriptions of a target individual's personality from an observer (other-ratings) have bolstered and extended major findings from personality research. The veracity of these other-ratings, however, …
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A pscyhometric investigation of the comprehensive assessment of sadistic tendencies (cast): Evidence from factor analysis and item response theory
… processes (dominance versus ideal point), and measurement invariance across gender using factor analytic methods. Factor analysis results validated the three-factor structure of sadism (physical, verbal, and vicarious), whereas item response theory models demonstrated that a dominance response …