Individual differences influencing context effects in responding to items assessing conscientiousness in a personality test

Craig David Haas, Florida International University

Abstract

Context effects in a personality scale were examined by determining if conscientiousness scale (C) scores were significantly different when administered alone vs. part of a Five Factor Model inventory (Big5). The effectiveness of individual difference variables (IDVs) as predictors of the context effect was also examined. The experiment compared subjects who completed the full Big5 once and the C alone once (Big5/C or C/Big5) to subjects who complete either the Big5 inventory twice (Big5/Big5) or the C twice (C/C). No significant differences were found. When Big5/C and C/Big5 groups were combined, IDVs were tested, and only the field dependence variable (R² = .06) was found to significantly predict the context effect. However, the small R² minimized concerns of context effects in Big5 inventories. ^

Subject Area

Psychology, Industrial|Psychology, Personality|Psychology, Psychometrics

Recommended Citation

Craig David Haas, "Individual differences influencing context effects in responding to items assessing conscientiousness in a personality test" (January 1, 2004). ProQuest ETD Collection for FIU. Paper AAI3151964.
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/dissertations/AAI3151964

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