The commensurability of self-reported personality and mood assessments
- UNCW Author/Contributor (non-UNCW co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- R. J. Wirth (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW )
- Web Site: http://library.uncw.edu/
- Advisor
- Len Lecci
Abstract: Two studies were conducted to explore the overlap between personality and mood
measures. Study one focused explicitly on achieving greater congruence in the
retrospective timeframes used to assess personality and mood. Instructional sets drawn
from several measures were used in an attempt to quantify the retrospective timeframes
individuals employ when being assessed with personality and affective measures utilizing
similar instructional sets. Using the instructional sets derived in Study 1, Study 2
attempted to address the overlap between affect and personality measures through
confirmatory factor analytic (CFA) techniques. Eight hundred and thirty-two participants
were asked to complete one of two versions (trait or modified affect) of the NEO-FFI (a
brief personality measure) or one of two versions (affect or modified trait) of the PANAS
(Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988). The PANAS was supplemented with 35 descriptor
terms that were intended to measure the "Big Five" of personality. No CFA model tested
yielded a good fit. Empirically derived models were also explored and tested with
similar findings. Theoretical problems with the "Big Five" are discussed.
The commensurability of self-reported personality and mood assessments
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Thesis
- A Thesis Submitted to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Masters of Arts
- Language: English
- Date: 2009
- Keywords
- Mood (Psychology), Personality and emotions, Personality assessment
- Subjects
- Personality assessment
- Mood (Psychology)
- Personality and emotions