Valid and constructive thoughts: Continuing the dialog about the RCQ
- 1 June 1991
- journal article
- other
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Communication Reports
- Vol. 4 (2) , 120-125
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08934219109367533
Abstract
This brief essay continues the ongoing controversy over the status of the Role Category Questionnaire as a measure of cognitive complexity. The central thesis advanced is that several theoretical and methodological issues regarding the RCQ are still unanswered and await empirical investigation. The dozens of studies typically cited bv proponents of the RCQ demonstrate predictive validity. However, substantial unresolved questions about the measure's construct, concurrent, and face validity leave open the possibility that the RCQ score is an artifact.Keywords
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