Idiographic Measurement Strategies for Personality and Prediction: Some Unredeemed Promissory Notes.

Paunonen, Sampo V.; Jackson, Douglas N.

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Idiographic Measurement Strategies for Personality and Prediction: Some Unredeemed Promissory Notes.

Paunonen, Sampo V.; Jackson, Douglas N.

Psychological Review, v92 n4 p486-511 Oct 1985

This article (1) examines the role of idiographic theory in contemporary personality assessment and behavioral prediction methodology, (2) reviews critically empirical studies designed to evaluate the idiographic theory of individual differences in predictability, and (3) presents new data on conclusions that have been advanced toward an idiographic framework for personality research. (LMO)

Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Interrater Reliability, Measurement Techniques, Multiple Regression Analysis, Personality Assessment, Personality Studies, Personality Traits, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity, Research Methodology

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Language: English

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