MEASUREMENT OF RESPONSE STYLES, ACHIEVEMENT-RELATED DISPOSITIONS, AND INTELLECTIVE SELF-EVALUATION.
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Title
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MEASUREMENT OF RESPONSE STYLES, ACHIEVEMENT-RELATED DISPOSITIONS, AND INTELLECTIVE SELF-EVALUATION.
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Identifier
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AAI8423082
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identifier
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8423082
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Creator
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LEVY, CHARLES H.
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Contributor
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Samuel Messick
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Date
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1984
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, General
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Abstract
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Response styles were investigated in the measurement by self-report questionnaires of achievement-related dispositions and intellective self-evaluation. An exploratory factor analysis of a sample of 341 undergraduates was performed. Stylistic factors of Desirability, Defensiveness, and two Acquiescence factors were found at the first order. First-order content factors of Mathematical Self-evaluation, Achievement, Test Anxiety, Verbal/Intellective Self-evaluation, and Performance Expectancies were found. Second-order factors were combinations of Achievement with Intellective Self-evaluation, and Test Anxiety with Intellective Self-evaluation.;A confirmatory factor analysis of a selected subset of measures was performed. Factors were found for Test Anxiety, Acquiescence, two Desirability factors, and Resultant Achievement Tendency.;There were significant sex differences in means on mathematics and hidden figures cognitive measures, and on self-report measures of content, Desirability, and Defensiveness. Sex differences in correlations among cognitive measures and self-report measures were also found.;Separate exploratory factor analyses for females (n = 231) and males (n = 106) were performed. Two different methods of testing the number of factors both indicated more first- and second-order factors for females than for males. Nine first-order factors were extracted for females, and seven first-order factors were extracted for males. An Acquiescence factor for females was not found for males. A factor which included intellective and verbal self-evaluation measures in both sexes was broader in males in that it also involved performance expectancies. A factor for females defined by expectancies for vocabulary, mathematics, and hidden figures cognitive performances did not closely correspond to any factor in males. At the second order, there was an Agreement Acquiescence factor for females, but not for males. A factor involving Achievement, Intellective and Mathematical Self-evaluation, and Performance Expectancies was found only for females.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
