Evidence for extending the circumplex model of personality trait language to self-reported moods.
Publication/Presentation Date
7-1-1985
Abstract
We show that self-ratings by 141 undergraduates on 17 items form a circumplex that closely agrees with Conte and Plutchik's (1981) circumplex of personality traits. The order of items on a circumplex, generated by self-ratings following a here-and-now instruction set, scarcely differs from that of a circumplex representing the same ratings averaged over a 2-week period. The configuration becomes more elliptical as one moves from the state-like measures (here-and-now ratings) to pure trait measures (averages), but measurement bias is shown to be the most probable cause of the distortion. Allowing for the limitations of small samples of items and raters, the findings show that the circumplex model represents a valid theoretical construct and does not arise from measurement error or from an illusory implicit personality theory.
Volume
49
Issue
1
First Page
233
Last Page
242
ISSN
0022-3514
Published In/Presented At
Fisher, G. A., Heise, D. R., Bohrnstedt, G. W., & Lucke, J. F. (1985). Evidence for extending the circumplex model of personality trait language to self-reported moods. Journal of personality and social psychology, 49(1), 233–242. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.49.1.233
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
4020616
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article