Factors That Influence the Temporal Stability of Personality by Questionnaire

Factors That Influence the Temporal Stability of Personality by Questionnaire

Analyzed test-retest reliability data gathered from 106 sources (89 independent samples), using a multiple-regression method in an attempt to estimate the effects of several factors on questionnaire stability. We examined 8 self-report inventories: the High School Personality Questionnaire, the 16PF...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology Vol. 56; no. 5; pp. 777 - 783
Main Authors: Schuerger, James M, Zarrella, Karen L, Hotz, Annette S
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC American Psychological Association 01-05-1989
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
California Psychological Inventory
Edwards Personal Preference Schedule
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
High School Personality Questionnaire
Human
Meta Analysis
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
Myers Briggs Type Indicator
Personality
Personality Measures
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Questionnaires
Sixteen Personality Factors Questionnaire
Social research
Test Reliability
Tests
Short term
Human
Test validation
Personality test
Questionnaire
Stability
Psychometrics
Long term
Intertrial interval
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Summary:Analyzed test-retest reliability data gathered from 106 sources (89 independent samples), using a multiple-regression method in an attempt to estimate the effects of several factors on questionnaire stability. We examined 8 self-report inventories: the High School Personality Questionnaire, the 16PF, the MMPI, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the CPI, the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey, the EPPS, and the OPI. Samples ranged in size and encompassed a wide range of Ss divergent on status and age. We found S's age and status, number of test items, test interitem correlation, and test-retest interval to be significant predictors of reliability. Variables representing general adjustment were found to be less predictable than extraversion variables, and short-term reliability was more predictable than long-term reliability. S's sex and specific questionnaires were not found to have a significant effect on reliability.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.56.5.777