Is the Acquiescent Response Style Problem Not So Mythical After All? Some Results From a Successful Balanced F Scale
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Personality Assessment
- Vol. 43 (6) , 638-643
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa4306_14
Abstract
It is shown that Rorer's exoneration of the F scale from acquiescent response style contamination is dependent on the finding-that various acquiescence measures fail to intercorrelate. When acquiescence is measured as the total score on adequate balanced scales scored without reversals, significant internal reliability is found. It is found, in fact, even with scales that are not particularly ambiguous.Keywords
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