Is the Vando Scale a Valid Measure of Perceptual Reactance?
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 51 (3_suppl2) , 1035-1038
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1980.51.3f.1035
Abstract
A test of the validity of the Vando Scale of perceptual reactance was made by correlating Vando Scale scores with objective pain tolerance, subjective discomfort, distortion in estimation of duration of discomfort, and assertiveness. 84 college women participated in an ice water-tolerance task. Higher scores associated with less subjective discomfort, greater time distortion and reduced submissiveness. Objective tolerance was not correlated with scale scores. It was concluded that the Vando Scale has relatively low construct validity and may be very sensitive to the demand characteristics of the research situation.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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