The Personal Attribute Inventory
- 1 June 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 42 (3) , 715-720
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1976.42.3.715
Abstract
The Personal Attribute Inventory is a scale that should prove applicable to a broad range of interpersonal assessments. There are 50 positive and 50 negative adjectives from Gough's (1952) Adjective Check List from which subjects are instructed to select 30 which are most descriptive of the target group or person in question. Using the term “Negroes” as the target stimulus on three different occasions, this scale's test-retest reliabilities were .904, .94, and .95. Its criterion-related validity with the Westie scale was .46 ( p < .001) and with the Ewens checklist was .55 and .66 ( p < .01, < .001, respectively). Further application is needed to assess the usefulness of this procedure.Keywords
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