Assessing the Validity of the Semantic Differential Portion of the Apperceptive Personality Test

Palmiter, David J.

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“…We reviewed literature concerning prototypical entrepreneur characteristics (e.g., Hornaday and Aboud 1971;Lumpkin and Dess 1996;McClelland 1961), and entrepreneur personality characteristics (e.g., Ciavarella et al 2004), to generate a prospective list of 45 semantic differential pairs that distinguish the entrepreneur social identity. Sociological work focused on measuring identity content has often relied on a semantic differential methodology (e.g., Callero 1985;Palmiter and Silber 2001;Reid et al 2014). In this methodology, pairs of adjectives are placed on opposite ends of a seven-item continuous scale, and respondents indicate whether an entrepreneur tends to be one or the other, or neither (see Figure 2).…”

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Does Congruence with an Entrepreneur Social Identity Encourage Positive Emotion Under Environmental Dynamism?

Murnieks

McMullen²,

Cardon³

2017

Journal of Small Business Management

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Entrepreneurial identities and emotions can have profound effects on entrepreneurs. We examine how positive emotion (PE) among entrepreneurs may be influenced by the congruence they experience between their self-concept and the entrepreneur social identity. Given that uncertainty in the business environment can exert powerful effects throughout the entrepreneurial process, we further test the moderating impact of environmental dynamism on the relationship between identity congruence and PE. Results from a study of 175 entrepreneurs indicate that entrepreneurs experiencing greater congruence have higher levels of PE, and that this relationship is stronger in more dynamic environments.

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Does Congruence with an Entrepreneur Social Identity Encourage Positive Emotion Under Environmental Dynamism?

Murnieks

McMullen²,

Cardon³

2017

Journal of Small Business Management

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“…Second, the objectivitv of the scale minimizes possible subjective assignments of responses by the researcher because check marks on the scales can only be interpreted one way. Finally, the semantic differential scale is an accepted and used scale by social scientists that has demonstrated reliability (Cogliser and Schriesheim, 1994;Fox, Minor and Pekey, 1995; Hussey and Briggs, 1981; Palmiter and Silber, 2001).…”

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Criminal Justice Practitioners’ Perceptions of Themselves, Each Other, and Selected Criminal Justice Practices

Birzer

Tannehill

2003

Journal of Crime and Justice

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This study describes the perceptions of judges, prosecutors, police officers, and probation officers of themselves, each other, and selected criminal justice practices. Judges and police officers perceived themselves more positively than they perceived the other criminal justice practitioners while probation officers and prosecutors did not see themselves as the most positive group. Police officers were the most negatively perceived, and judges the most positively. The police group indicated the strongest opposition to early parole of oflenders and Supreme Court rulings, while judges and probation officers were generally more favorable toward such criminal justice practices. All groups indicated that communication and cooperation between criminal justice components is inadequate. The research suggests that inadequate communication and cooperation between practitioners and components can be the result of negative attitudes based on misperceptions.

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“…These factors were identified as Evaluative, Potency, and ~c t i v i t~. No matter what adjective pairs a researcher includes on a scale, it is likely that these three factors will be identified by factor analysis (e.g., Di Vesta & Dick, 1966;Horley & Quinsey, 1994;Palmiter & Silber, 2001).…”

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School Children's Responses on a Semantic Differential over a 10-Year Span

Helwig

Avitable

2004

Psychol Rep

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A semantic differential scale was administered to 208 school children when they were in the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth, and twelfth grades. Their perceptions towards two concepts were measured, Education (going to school) and Work (having a job). Each semantic differential scale had 15 adjective pairs and reflected the three underlying factors of Evaluative, Potency, and Activity. Because the study was conducted for 10 years (ages seven to 18), the changing cognitive developmental stages of the children were expected to influence factor analytic and reliability results. Confirmatory factor analysis, which forced the data into three factors, did not clearly identify the expected three factors, although more items loaded on the three factors with age. An exploratory factor analysis identified a trend across grades from six to four factors over time. Reliability also improved across age groups. Caution should be exercised when using the semantic differential with young children in investigations of abstract concepts.

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Assessing the Validity of the Semantic Differential Portion of the Apperceptive Personality Test

Cited by 4 publications

References 21 publications

Does Congruence with an Entrepreneur Social Identity Encourage Positive Emotion Under Environmental Dynamism?

Does Congruence with an Entrepreneur Social Identity Encourage Positive Emotion Under Environmental Dynamism?

Criminal Justice Practitioners’ Perceptions of Themselves, Each Other, and Selected Criminal Justice Practices

School Children's Responses on a Semantic Differential over a 10-Year Span

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