Abstract

There has been reemerging interest within psychology in the construct of character, yet assessing it can be difficult due to social desirability of character traits. Forced-choice formats offer one way to address response bias, but traditional scoring methods (i.e., ipsative) associated with this format makes comparing scores between people problematic. Nevertheless, recent advances in modeling item responding (Thurstonian IRT) enable scoring that recovers absolute standing on latent traits and allows for score comparisons between people. Based on recent work in character measurement (CIVIC), we developed a multidimensional forced-choice measure of character (CIVIC-MFC) and scored it using Thurstonian IRT. Initial validation using a sample of 798 participants demonstrated good support for factorial, convergent, and concurrent validity for scores on the CIVIC-MFC, although they did not demonstrate more faking resistance than scores on a Likert-type format version. Potential explanations are discussed.

摘要

在心理学中，人们对角色的构造重新产生了兴趣，但由于社会对人格特质的渴望，很难对其进行评估。强制选择格式提供了一种解决响应偏差的方法，但是与此格式相关联的传统评分方法（即ipsative）使人们之间的得分比较成为问题。尽管如此，建模项目响应（瑟斯顿IRT）方面的最新进展仍使计分能够恢复对潜在特征的绝对认可，并可以在人与人之间进行得分比较。基于字符测量（CIVIC）的最新工作，我们开发了多维的强制选择字符测量（CIVIC-MFC）并使用瑟斯顿IRT对它进行了评分。使用798名参与者的样本进行的初步验证显示出对因子分解，收敛，和CIVIC-MFC上分数的并发有效性，尽管它们没有比Likert型格式版本的分数表现出更多的抗伪造性。讨论了可能的解释。