Construct Validation of the Comrey Personality Scales

Comrey, Andrew L.; Backer, Thomas E.

doi:10.1207/s15327906mbr0504_5

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“…7 In the 1970's, a CPS validation study carried out by its own designer revealed an inverse association between tobacco consumption and the scores obtained in the O scale. 45 Based on such outcomes, we could assume that high scores in this personality scale work as a "protection factor" against tobacco consumption. Individuals with high O scores said that they are concerned with cleanliness and tidiness.…”

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Um estudo comparativo entre características de personalidade de universitários fumantes, ex-fumantes e não-fumantes

Rondina

Gorayeb

Botelho

et al. 2005

Rev. psiquiatr. Rio Gd. Sul

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INTRODUÇÃO: O estudo da relação entre personalidade e tabagismo pode subsidiar o tratamento da dependência. OBJETIVOS: Identificar características de personalidade de fumantes, ex-fumantes e não-fumantes. MÉTODO: Foram selecionados 1.245 estudantes matriculados na Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso. Foi aplicado um questionário padronizado para levantamento do perfil sociodemográfico e padrão de consumo de tabaco dos estudantes, seguido pela versão revisada das Escalas Comrey de Personalidade (CPS). Utilizou-se a análise de variância ANOVA para comparação dos escores de fumantes, ex-fumantes e não-fumantes no CPS e duas análises de regressão logística múltipla para avaliar as associações entre os escores do CPS e tabagismo. RESULTADOS: Foi encontrada prevalência de 6,67% de fumantes, 6,58% de ex-fumantes e 86,73% de não-fumantes. A primeira análise de regressão logística detectou associação positiva entre a categoria fumante e os escores nas escalas de masculinidade (M) e tendenciosidade (R) e associação inversa com a escala de ordem x falta de compulsão (O) do CPS. A segunda detectou associação negativa da categoria ex-fumante com os escores obtidos em R e M e positiva com a escala de atividade x falta de energia (A) do CPS. DISCUSSÃO: Fumantes foram mais tendenciosos e adotaram mais o estereótipo social da masculinidade em relação a não-fumantes e ex-fumantes. Fumantes se descreveram mais como descuidados, relaxados, imprudentes, não-sistemáticos e pouco asseados em comparação aos não-fumantes. Ex-fumantes apresentaram mais vigor, energia e disposição em relação aos fumantes. Supõe-se que esses resultados possam subsidiar programas de tratamento da dependência nicotínica.

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Section: Smokers X Non-smokersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Um estudo comparativo entre características de personalidade de universitários fumantes, ex-fumantes e não-fumantes

Rondina

Gorayeb

Botelho

et al. 2005

Rev. psiquiatr. Rio Gd. Sul

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“…Although Comrey's M-F scale discriminates between the response tendencies of men and women (Webster and Booth, 1976;Comrey and Backer, 1970), factor analytic results in both the Comrey and Navy analyses have indicated that this scale may be of questionable integrity as an index of M-F differences among men. This finding is consistent with the results of Constantinople's (1973) review of M-F research which revealed a general lack of empirical support for M-F as a unidimensional, bipolar construct.…”

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Factor Stability of the Comrey Personality Scales

Booth

1981

Educational and Psychological Measurement

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Using Comrey's units of trait measurement, Factored Homogeneous Item Dimensions, the factorial composition of the eight personality scales was determined for two samples of Navy personnel— 663 enlisted men and 666 enlisted women. Comrey's original factor loadings for male and female samples were essentially replicated. Deviations in factor loadings on the Masculinity-Femininity Scale suggested that the composition of this scale should be reevaluated.

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“…Performance criteria would include subsequent identification as a drug abuser and/or alcohol abuser, frequency of disciplinary difficulties, and ultimately type of discharge received from service and recommendation for reenlistment. This Scale has been shown to predict drug use in a college population (13,14) and has been shown to predict effective performance among Navy enlisted personnel (15).…”

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Comparison of young Navy alcohol abusers and drug abusers on demography, personality, performance, and treatment outcome.

Kolb¹,

Gunderson²

1979

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IThis dacutneut has bee. -~zW!roved for public r .:,,cu and saco; its distribution is unItnaTedt. i S/A'x / , SUMMARY PROBLEM: Similarities and differences between young drug and young alcohol abusers have important implications for the possibilities of implementing common treatment programs and for evaluating and predicting outcomes of treatment.OBJECTIVE: he characteristics of young drug abusers and young alcohol abusers were compared, and characteristics of both groups that predicted post-treatment effectiveness were identified. Because a large percentage of the drug rehabilitees were released fro /service within 30 days after / completing treatment, noneffective groups (both drug and alcohol) ere divided into subgroups of men who served more than 30 days and men who served less than/0 days. RESULTS:At the time of enlistment the drug and alcohol abuse groups had similar potential for successful naval service as reflected by SCREEN scorep"(an actuarial table based upon age at enlistment, education, AGQT score, and marital status). Drug abusers entered rehabilitation earlier in their careers on the average than alcohol abusers and had less favorable disciplinary histories.Drug abusers had much lower Social Conformity scores than alcohol abusers both pre-treatment and post-treatment. Drug abusers also scored significantly lower on the Trust Scale, particularly post-treatment. Drug abusers scored higher than alcohol abusers on the Emotional Stability, Extraversion, and Masculinity Scales both pre-treatment and post-treatment. There was substantial psychological change during treatment in both groups as measured by the Comrey Scales; the largest positive changes for both groups were on the Emotional and Extraversion Scales.When effective drug abusers were compared with the noneffective group and the group released from service within 30 days after treatment, it was clear that men released immediately after treatment were poor candidates for retention in terms of attitudes toward service, disciplinary records, and psychological characteristics. Men who remained on duty longer but who were ultimately ineffective had less satisfactory disciplinary records than effective men. For the alcohol abusers the effective group evidenced better service and disciplinary records, were more often careeroriented, and expressed more socially conforming attitudes than either the noneffective group or the group retCsed from service within 30 days.

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Construct Validation of the Comrey Personality Scales

Cited by 26 publications

References 8 publications

Um estudo comparativo entre características de personalidade de universitários fumantes, ex-fumantes e não-fumantes

Um estudo comparativo entre características de personalidade de universitários fumantes, ex-fumantes e não-fumantes

Factor Stability of the Comrey Personality Scales

Comparison of young Navy alcohol abusers and drug abusers on demography, personality, performance, and treatment outcome.

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