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Sources of behavioral variance as measured by the S-R Inventory of Anxiousness

Sources of behavioral variance as measured by the S-R Inventory of Anxiousness A reanalysis of previously reported and new data from the S-R Inventory of Anxiousness suggests that the relative importance of individual differences and of situations is a pseudoissue. The mean squares for situations are regularly much larger than the mean squares for individual differences, but a partitioning of the variance shows, for the anxiousness trait, that each of these main sources contributed only about 5% of the total variation (sum of the component variances), modes of response about 25%, and that nearly 1/3 of the variance comes from simple interactions. These proportions are highly stable across samples of Ss. Because a substantial portion of the total variance comes from interactions, the suggestion that personality description might be improved by emphasizing what kinds of responses individuals make with what intensity in various kinds of situations is confirmed. (40 ref.) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Psychological Bulletin American Psychological Association

Sources of behavioral variance as measured by the S-R Inventory of Anxiousness

Endler, Norman S.; Hunt, J. M.
Psychological Bulletin , Volume 65 (6): 11 – Jun 1, 1966
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American Psychological Association
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Copyright © 1966 American Psychological Association
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0033-2909
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1939-1455
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10.1037/h0023309
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Abstract

A reanalysis of previously reported and new data from the S-R Inventory of Anxiousness suggests that the relative importance of individual differences and of situations is a pseudoissue. The mean squares for situations are regularly much larger than the mean squares for individual differences, but a partitioning of the variance shows, for the anxiousness trait, that each of these main sources contributed only about 5% of the total variation (sum of the component variances), modes of response about 25%, and that nearly 1/3 of the variance comes from simple interactions. These proportions are highly stable across samples of Ss. Because a substantial portion of the total variance comes from interactions, the suggestion that personality description might be improved by emphasizing what kinds of responses individuals make with what intensity in various kinds of situations is confirmed. (40 ref.)

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Psychological Bulletin – American Psychological Association

Published: Jun 1, 1966

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