Item Factor Structure of the Adjective Check List

Parker, George V. C.; Veldman, Donald J.

doi:10.1177/001316446902900306

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“…Conventional construct (CC) questionnaires. The computer program also presented 28 items from the Adjective Check List (ACL; Gough & Heilbrun, 1983), which were the four highest-loading items on each of seven factors identified by Parker and Veldman (1969). These descriptors were presented in the same randomized order on each of four separate questionnaires.…”

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The Predictive Strength of Personal Constructs Versus Conventional Constructs: Self‐Image Disparity and Neuroticism

Watson

Watts

2001

Journal of Personality

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Idiographic personal construct (PC) measures of self-image disparity were hypothesized to be stronger than nonidiographic conventional construct (CC) measures in predicting neuroticism. Ninety-six college students completed PC and CC measures of real self, ideal self, social self, and ideal social self; the NEO Five-Factor Inventory; and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. Content analysis showed that individuals' PC measures were unique. The disparity between real self and ideal self and the disparity between social self and ideal social self were computed for PC and CC; test-retest reliabilities were .76 to .81. Results of simultaneous multiple regression analyses supported the hypothesis. Also, the two-variable PC self-image disparity scores were stronger than one-variable PC esteem scores in predicting neuroticism. Implications were discussed for research method, self-concept theory, personal construct theory, neuroticism, and psychotherapy.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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The Predictive Strength of Personal Constructs Versus Conventional Constructs: Self‐Image Disparity and Neuroticism

Watson

Watts

2001

Journal of Personality

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“…Self-Concept Questionnaire -Conventional Constructs. The nonidiographic conventional construct instrument uses personality characteristics from Parker and Veldman's (1969) factor analysis of the Adjective Check List (Gough & Heilbrun, 1965). Like the personal construct instrument, it asks how often each characteristic is true of the real self, ideal self, and ought self.…”

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Self-discrepancy: Comparisons of the psychometric properties of three instruments.

Watson

Bryan

Thrash

2010

Psychological Assessment

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In 2 studies, the psychometric properties of 3 methods for measuring real-ideal and real-ought self-discrepancies were compared: the idiographic Self-Concept Questionnaire-Personal Constructs, the nonidiographic Self-Concept Questionnaire-Conventional Constructs, and the content-free Abstract Measures. In the 1st study, 125 students at a university clinic completed the 3 instruments and measures of anxiety and depression before individual therapy. In the 2nd study, 278 undergraduates completed the 3 instruments at 2 time points 4 weeks apart and completed multiple measures of anxiety and depression at the 2nd time point. Internal consistency alphas were consistently strong for the personal construct measures (.90 to .92) and moderate to strong for the conventional construct measures (.82 to .90). Test-retest reliability coefficients were above .70 for the personal construct and conventional construct measures, but the coefficients for the latter were inflated by the stability of their error terms. The 2 discrepancies were found to be factorially distinct even though they were highly correlated. Convergent and discriminant evidence of validity was found in both studies for all measures except the abstract real-ought discrepancy. Convergence was as strong or stronger for the personal construct measures in comparison to the other measures. Test-criterion evidence of validity, with multiple measures of anxiety and depression as criteria, was found in both studies for all measures except for the abstract real-ought discrepancy in relation to anxiety. Overall, the findings support the idiographic personal construct instrument most strongly for clinical assessment and for clinical, translational, and personality research.

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“…The ACL is a 300-adjective checklist originally scored by Gough and Heilbrun to yield 24 scale scores. Because of criticisms with regard to the lack of independence and poor psychometric properties of these scales (Masterson, 1975), it was decided to rescore the 300 items of the ACL, using the results of an item factor analysis by Parker and Veldman (1969). Parker and Veldman's analyses yielded the following seven factors, for which alpha reliability coefficients calculated on the 3,411 HFSC individuals who took the ACL, the number of adjectives loading on the factor, and some representative adjectives are given in parentheses: Social Desirability (0.90; 28 items; pleasant, kind, warm); Interpersonal Abrasiveness (0.65; 9 items; rude, lazy, foolish); Ego Organization (0.87; 20 items; industrious, thorough, efficient); Introversion-Extraversion (0.66; 8 items; quiet, silent vs. talkative, outgoing); Internal Discomfort (0.79; 14 items; emotional, nervous, worrying); Intraception (0.71; 9 items; reflective, unconventional, idealistic); and Social Attractiveness (0.76; 10 items; polished, clever, charming).…”

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Further investigations of educational and occupational attainment in the Hawaii family study of cognition

Nagoshi

Johnson

Yuen

et al. 1986

Biodemography and Social Biology

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Item Factor Structure of the Adjective Check List

Cited by 28 publications

References 12 publications

The Predictive Strength of Personal Constructs Versus Conventional Constructs: Self‐Image Disparity and Neuroticism

The Predictive Strength of Personal Constructs Versus Conventional Constructs: Self‐Image Disparity and Neuroticism

Self-discrepancy: Comparisons of the psychometric properties of three instruments.

Further investigations of educational and occupational attainment in the Hawaii family study of cognition

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