A System for Assessing Personal Responsibility: Validity, Reliability and Rater Trainability
- 10 June 1976
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Personality Assessment
- Vol. 40 (3) , 269-275
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa4003_6
Abstract
Sixty-two subjects completed the California Psychological Inventory, the Rotter External-Internal locus of control scale and an audio-taped discussion of their personal problems. The audio-taped problems were rated on a five-point level of personal responsibility scale and were compared with the scores on the California Personality Inventory and the Internal-External locus of control scale in a correlation matrix which was subjected to a factor analysis. The results from these analyses supported the hypothesis that the Personal Responsibility Rating System has construct validity as a measure of psychological health. Study II assessed the trainability of the Personal Responsibility System. With a four-hour training program it was found that graduate students could be taught to rate personal responsibility in a reliable manner.Keywords
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