Personal Validation: Some Empirical and Ethical Considerations.

Collins, Robert W.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1977

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Personal Validation: Some Empirical and Ethical Considerations

Collins, Robert W.; And Others

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 45, 1, 70-77, Feb 77

Two experiments examined the tendency for people to endorse personality descriptions allegedly derived from personality tests. Subjects were 93 male and female college students. Personal validation appeared to be unaffected by test source and personal versus generalized personality descriptions. The favorability-unfavorabilitty of the descriptions did affect the subjects' validity ratings. (Author)

Descriptors: College Students, Interaction Process Analysis, Personality Development, Personality Measures, Research Projects, Self Evaluation, Semantic Differential, Test Validity, Values

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